Regarding Powell & Big Hitters report

[Tim]

I read the report written by Orin to do with Ricardo Powell & strike-rates, however there is one player who strikes higher than Afridi & Powell currently.

Andre Adams - 103.34
Shahid Afridi - 101.43
Ricardo Powell - 101.12

 

[Eclipse]

I think Andrew Symonds is at about 97 as well.

 

[masterblaster]

Virender Sehwag has got one of about 100, and has got the best average by far out of all those 3 players.

Sehwag averaging 36, holds the record for 4 centuries under 80 balls, and has a SR of 100 or 101

 

[R_Powell_fan]

I think the record is for players having a S/R over 100 WITH more than 1000 runs at ODI level which Andre Adams obviously doesn't satisfy that particular criteria....as for Sehwag hasn't his strrike rate dropped a bit below 100 recently(i don't know)???

My second point is that Afridi is very special because he's been able to keep the high S/R for so long.....but then again he hasn't been keeping his place in the Pakistani side very well.....

 

[Rik]

Very special? A few years ago he played loads of shots and usually got a quick 50. Now it's 6 or out, which helps the strike rate but not his average which is now down to a mediocre 23.

 

[krkode]

Yeah, Sehwag is at 99 I think...

As for Afridi, the only reason he's been able to keep it is, he's always scoring 21(18) or 15(12) or 10(5) and getting out

A boundary or 2, a six at the most and boom...he's gone...

most of the time anyway...

 

[R_Powell_fan]

What I was pointing at was the fact that Afridi has been able to keep it above 100% for a large number of matches.....but not that he is special in terms of talent and batting class.

 

[full_length]

Afridi's strike rate means little.
It's amazing that he's still playing for Pakistan.

Ofcourse, from a purely statistics point of view, it's good that he's maintained it over so many matches... if you forget the fact that he shouldnt have got so many.

What is Jayasurya's strike rate? I'm sure it's amazing.

Of the big hitters, IMO, Powell's and Sehwag's strike rate are pretty creditable. Both the players are going to play for quite a while.
I for one am very happy Powell is also hitting teams other than India! Watching the way he won matches with his big hitting against us, I was sure he's a *huge* prospect, but was just waiting for him to do it over a period of time, and in seaming conditions.
Sehwag.. brilliant.

Even more amazing are Gilchrist (I am sure he has a strike rate over 85), Jayasurya and Sachin.. and ofcourse Viv, who had a slightly better S/R than SRT I believe!

 

[krkode]

I think Jayasurya and Tendulkar deserve the credit they get for their strike rate.

Jayasurya's is 89, but he's played a heck load of matches, and Tendulkar too, after 300+ maches, 86 is quite admirable, especially when accompanied by a hefty average.

 

[Bazza]

Best SR with 1000+ runs:

Shahid Afridi 175 170 7 3878 109 23.79 3 101.43
RL Powell 61 57 7 1352 124 27.04 1 101.12
IDS Smith 98 77 16 1055 62* 17.29 0 99.43
V Sehwag 60 58 6 1826 126 35.11 5 98.64
N Kapil Dev 225 198 39 3783 175* 23.79 1 95.07
AC Gilchrist 154 149 6 4866 154 34.02 8 91.08
L Klusener 153 123 45 3380 103* 43.33 2 90.81
IVA Richards 187 167 24 6721 189* 47.00 11 90.20
ST Jayasuriya 290 282 11 8829 189 32.57 16 89.97
Wasim Akram 353 278 54 3706 86 16.54 0 88.23
ME Trescothick 59 59 1 2116 137 36.48 4 87.58
N Boje 88 55 12 1197 129 27.83 2 86.73
SR Tendulkar 306 297 30 11715 186* 43.87 33 86.22
Zaheer Abbas 62 60 6 2572 123 47.62 7 84.80
IA Healy 168 120 36 1764 56 21.00 0 83.84
SM Patil 45 42 1 1005 84 24.51 0 83.54
HH Gibbs 121 121 9 4132 153 36.89 12 82.90
SM Pollock 184 120 42 1836 75 23.53 0 82.40
RW Marsh 92 76 15 1225 66 20.08 0 82.26
DS Lehmann 87 78 17 2314 119 37.93 3 81.76
Yuvraj Singh 62 53 5 1327 98* 27.64 0 81.66
CH Lloyd 87 69 19 1977 102 39.54 1 81.22
CL Cairns 157 143 14 3732 115 28.93 4 81.16
Moin Khan 190 159 35 2853 69* 23.00 0 81.09
SP O'Donnell 87 64 15 1242 74* 25.34 0 80.96
PA de Silva 301 289 30 9029 145 34.86 11 80.94
JN Rhodes 245 220 51 5935 121 35.11 2 80.91
Saeed Anwar 244 241 18 8657 194 38.82 19 80.68
Ijaz Ahmed 250 232 29 6564 139* 32.33 10 80.30

This is before today's games between India and Namibia, and West Indies and Canada.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Barrie, you couldn't multiply the Average by the Strike Rate ÷ 100, could you?

That's a good allround measure, IMO

 

[marc71178]

That list threw up a few things:

The top strike rates all come from those with poor long-term averages (note Sehwag is not long-term yet).

Kapil only scored 1 ODI century, but what a knock it was.

Trescothick doesn't look too bad in that list.

Those that score quickly have a poor century to innings ratio in the main (only 2 get 1 every 10 innings)

 

[krkode]

Gilchrist is highest one up there with a healthy average and a good number of matches...

If Sehwag can maintain stuff, then he could soon stay in that list...

 

[Rik]

Actually Trescothick will be up there too...good strike rate and good average even though it's slipping a bit that the moment. He should be back in form soon enough though

 

[Tim]

Im surprised to see Ian Smith so high up, a career strike rate of 99 was alot higher than I expected it would be.

 

[krkode]

With another 218 runs Agarkar's gonna be ruling that list too

Right between Jayasurya and Akram at the rate he's going..

 

[marc71178]

Im surprised to see Ian Smith so high up, a career strike rate of 99 was alot higher than I expected it would be.

But an average of 17.29 suggests his average innings lasted less than 3 overs!

 

[Tim]

Well he was batting down at 8 for NZ, and for most of his career he was behind a reasonable batting lineup of Crowe, Wright, Coney, Andrew Jones etc.
so if he scored 17 off 3 overs most of the time then that would have been very much appreciated from a keeper.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Batsman Avg SR Index
Viv Richards 47.00 90.20 42.39
Zaheer Abbas 47.62 84.80 40.38
Lance Klusener 43.33 90.81 39.35
Sachin Tendulkar 43.87 86.22 37.82
Virender Sehwag 35.11 98.64 34.63
Clive Lloyd 39.54 81.22 32.11
Marcus Trescothick 36.48 87.58 31.95
Saeed Anwar 38.82 80.68 31.32
Darren Lehmann 37.93 81.76 31.01
Adam Gilchrist 34.02 91.08 30.99
Herschelle Gibbs 36.89 82.90 30.58
Sanath Jayasuriya 32.57 89.97 29.30
Jonty Rhodes 35.11 80.91 28.41
Aravinda de Silva 34.86 80.94 28.22
Ricardo Powell 27.04 101.12 27.34
Ijaz Ahmed 32.33 80.30 25.96
Nicky Bojé 27.83 86.73 24.14
Shahid Afridi 23.79 101.43 24.13
Chris Cairns 28.93 81.16 23.48
Kapil Dev 23.79 95.07 22.62
Yuvraj Singh 27.64 81.66 22.57
SP O'Donnell 25.34 80.96 20.52
SM Patil 24.51 83.54 20.48
Shaun Pollock 23.53 82.40 19.39
Moin Khan 23.00 81.09 18.65
Ian Healy 21.00 83.84 17.61
Ian Smith 17.29 99.43 17.19
Rod Marsh 20.08 82.26 16.52
Wasim Akram 16.54 88.23 14.59

Index = Average * Strike Rate ÷ 100

 

[marc71178]

Gibbs is surprisingly low there.