Economical Bowlers

[Migara]

Standardisation is necessary to compare across eras in ODI cricket. 80s ODIs were very different from 00s ODIs.

And to add, there had been tinkering of playing conditions as well.

 

[Prince EWS]

A agree. Trying to "standardise" career statistics based on an era is a futile exercise. We just have to accept that different eras produced different peaks and troughs. These peaks and troughs are due to a variety of factors as I noted in my opening post. If we want a level playing field when discussing players from a certain era, it can only be achieved by looking at players from that particular era.

Carrying the "standardisation" theory to its extreme, do we adjust batting averages so that Bradman can be compared to greats from another era?

Yes.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rmR0F6hmKyJEiX9AdbRJyxqnl8WU_sZvK5SbDe109OA/edit#gid=0

 

[stephen]

Yes.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rmR0F6hmKyJEiX9AdbRJyxqnl8WU_sZvK5SbDe109OA/edit#gid=0

Smith's ranking should not have gone down in that list. How rigorous was your standardisation?

 

[Prince EWS]

Smith's ranking should not have gone down in that list. How rigorous was your standardisation?

Haha come on, everyone knows modern Australian pitches are ****ing batting h4x.

He'd have gone up that list a bit since that update I'm sure, but still. I don't want to derail this thread too much given it's so far removed from economical bowling so feel free to bump another one, but Smith being roughly as good as or just slightly better than Kohli is absolutely something I stand by. It's also why I think Haze, Starc and Cummins are absolute guns.

 

[stephen]

It's Smith's exploits in England and India that should rate him higher. And it's only really Sydney and Melbourne that have been roads for the last few years. Three WACA has been a mixture of road and challenging. The new Perth stadium had advantaged the bowlers so far. His ashes Gabba hundred was on a difficult pitch and Adelaide has had plenty on offer for the bowlers since the renovations.

 

[honestbharani]

His India hundreds were on roads too, except the one where he was dropped half a dozen times.

 

[h_hurricane]

Ambrose and Pollock had great economy rates for someone who played until 2000 and beyond. 2 fabulous misers.

 

[stephen]

Ambrose didn't play past 00 and economy rates only really started going crazy post 2000. In the 90s the average strike rate was roughly 75 from memory.