Following Forum discussion, Peter Kettle has revised his approach to standardising Test batting averages.
The changes made, and new findings, are presented in this piece.
Many unique features set cricket aside from many other professional team sports. Cricket, in a test match, original format, is the longest professional game in the world. Matches will regularly span over five days, and although other shorter forms of cricket have generated hysteria in countries that love the sport, such as India, for many ardent cricket fans, the purists, test matches are the pinnacle of the sport.
Fantasy sports, FS for short, is one of those pastimes that almost everyone has heard of, but few of those who have not partaken in this entertainment form understand what it is. In short, these are games that utilize real sports statistical data that correspond to virtual teams that players have assembled, and events that happen in the real world shape those in these games.
Forbes has officially named the IPL one of the most valuable leagues in the world the previous season, with a value growth rate far exceeding that of other hugely popular leagues such as the NFL, the English Premier League or the NBA. In fact the Indian Premier League is now recognized as one of the fastest growing ones in terms of valuation, outpacing their counterparts in the remaining big sports around the world.