Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Very, very much an exaggeration.shankar said:No. Not accounting for luck is not a major flaw because it is common knowledge that most batsmen do get some luck along the way and hence the scorebook average can be taken with a pinch of salt. But treating every little phase between 2 chances as equivalent to a fresh innings is a major flaw that renders the statistic utterly useless.
Batsmen are not attempting to get out, no matter what stage of an innings, so it's certainly not utterly useless.