is it just me or are stumpings on a steady decline?

[Beleg]

lack of flight? shift in batting attitude coupled with a heightened positioning awareness?

 

[andyc]

More like suitable spinners and talented glovesmen on a steady decline tbh.

Edit: That's if they are indeed going down; wouldn't be surprised if they're staying fairly constant.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Nah, if you compare early keepers' stumping stats to present day glovemen, catches > stumpings by quite a great extent, in Test cricket at least. I'd put that down to change in wickets more than anything, meaning standing up just isn't required as much.

T20 is a totally different story, however, and it's great to see the increased emphasis the shorter forms of the game have put on the keeper being able to stand up to medium pacers. That's always one of the hallmarks of my sides - the U11 keeper at school this year had 11 stumpings: the only downside is that I'm currently only on 8 and therefore heading for loss of bet.

 

[shankar]

Another reason is less joke batting by tail-enders against spin nowadays ala Sree vs Swann yesterday.

 

[ganeshran]

Can this be checked through statsguru?

 

[Howe_zat]

Can this be checked through statsguru?

You can look up how many stumpings were made in a particular era by using a filter like this, and then dividing it by the total number of dismissals in that era (getting rid of the "stumped" filter) to find a percentage of stumpings for each era. Would take a while though.

 

[Howe_zat]

In fact I am going to do this, give me ten minutes

 

[Howe_zat]

And we have:

Era                  % stumpings
 
1877-1914            3.75
 
1919-1939            3.81
 
1945-1970            2.59
 
1970-1991            1.44
 
1991-2011            1.61

So:

1) Yes, there are fewer stumpings, in fact the rate has essentially halved over the history of Test cricket

2) The biggest difference is between pre and post-war cricket

3) This is probably a lot to do with uncovered pitches

 

[weeman27bob]

In fact I am going to do this, give me ten minutes

I'm not going to lie, either you've found someway of extending the day by four hours, or you have literally no life.


Probably both ftr.

 

[ganeshran]

And we have:

Era                  % stumpings
 
1877-1914            3.75
 
1919-1939            3.81
 
1945-1970            2.59
 
1970-1991            1.44
 
1991-2011            1.61

So:

1) Yes, there are fewer stumpings, in fact the rate has essentially halved over the history of Test cricket

2) The biggest difference is between pre and post-war cricket

3) This is probably a lot to do with uncovered pitches

Thanks, so in recent history there is hardly any difference in the percentage of stumpings, in fact they have increased in the last 20 years.

But not sure if OP meant Tests or ODIs. In tests the number was always going to be low given the lesser pressure on batsmen to score.quickly

 

[Jono]

Howe_zat wag

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Great work Howe_zat

 

[benchmark00]

Beleg's avatar is one if the great mysteries of CW.

Just doesn't suit the poster.

Talk us through it, Beleg.