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[RoboRocks]

I'm sure our English members have seen Bill Frindall have a segement where he answers questions from the pubilc and I've decided to do that myself.

Just ask me any question to do with stats and I'll try and answer it for you.

I'm not going to answer every question right like Bill Frindall does but I'm hoping to get 70% of my questions right.

Questions I got wrong:

Questions answered correctly:

3/3 (100%)

 

[barmyarmy]

One that will take a lot of research but I'm interested in

What are the odds of winning an ODI batting second compared to batting first in recent years? I feel that in some countries, especially NZ, chasing is a real advantage.

 

[RoboRocks]

I willing to answer that Colin but how many years is 'recent'?

 

[mattfb]

I would say recent is about 10 years.

 

[RoboRocks]

Well, this is a hard one first up but after a lot of reasearch I have answers.

Teams in the last 10 years batting first in ODI's (only regular nations included):

Team Span Mat Won Lost Tied NR W/L Ave RPO HS LS  
Australia 1998-2008 153 112 33 2 6 3.39 38.31 5.45 434 148  
Pakistan 1998-2008 154 92 57 1 4 1.61 31.03 5.02 353 107  
Sri Lanka 1998-2007 152 88 58 1 5 1.51 30.36 4.98 443 105  
India 1998-2008 157 79 70 0 8 1.12 34.50 5.20 413 100  
South Africa 1998-2008 122 72 44 2 4 1.63 34.70 5.04 418 106  
West Indies 1998-2008 111 45 58 1 7 0.77 30.96 4.85 347 80  
New Zealand 1998-2008 112 43 63 0 6 0.68 28.52 4.85 397 97  
England 1998-2008 108 40 64 1 3 0.62 28.86 4.83 391 88  
Zimbabwe 1998-2008 118 30 87 0 1 0.34 26.51 4.43 340 35  
Bangladesh 1998-2007 74 17 57 0 0 0.29 20.85 4.04 301 76 

Win Percentages:

Australia - 73%
Pakistan - 59%
South Africa - 59%
India - 50%
Sri Lanka - 57%
West Indies - 40%
New Zealand - 38%
England - 37%
Zimbabwe - 25%
Bangladesh - 22%

Overall - 44%

Teams in the last 10 years batting second in ODI's (only regular nations included):

Team Span Mat Won Lost Tied NR W/L Ave RPO HS LS  
South Africa 1998-2008 144 97 40 3 4 2.42 37.13 4.98 438 101  
Australia 1998-2008 129 93 29 3 4 3.20 40.51 5.19 330 93  
India 1998-2008 173 88 77 0 8 1.14 31.53 4.90 326 54  
Pakistan 1998-2008 127 69 57 0 1 1.21 30.66 4.80 344 89  
New Zealand 1998-2008 129 66 54 0 9 1.22 30.35 4.91 350 73  
Sri Lanka 1998-2008 128 62 62 1 3 1.00 28.94 4.80 324 78  
West Indies 1998-2008 128 60 63 0 5 0.95 28.66 4.75 324 54  
England 1998-2008 109 56 48 1 4 1.16 29.53 4.74 320 86  
Zimbabwe 1998-2008 124 30 87 1 6 0.34 25.18 4.51 301 65  
Bangladesh 1998-2007 71 19 50 0 2 0.38 23.39 4.29 272 76 

Win Percentages:

Australia - 67%
South Africa - 67%
Pakistan - 54%
England - 51%
New Zealand - 51%
India - 50%
Sri Lanka - 48%
West Indies - 46%
Bangladesh - 26%
Zimbabwe - 24%

Overall - 56%

The stats say that most teams have been succesful chasing overall however the Australian perfer the bat first as they have won 73% of their games doing so.
I hope that has enlightened you Colin. :onpc

Phew!

 

[manee]

Q. Who has been India's most successful number seven batsman in ODIs since 2000.

 

[Cricketdude]

How much does Dwayne Leverock weigh?

 

[mattfb]

How many times in Michael Clarkes ODI career has he scored 50-99 not out?

 

[svijay]

Rob, I think Colin was talking about a ground effect rather than a team effect regarding chasing. Personally, I think it's a combination of both.

ODIs : 1993 - 2007 (Courtesy of Statsguru)

Team W-L (Batting First) W-L (Batting Second)

SL 117-79 (r=1.48) 98-90 (r=1.08)
PAK 129-91 (r=1.41) 110-88 (r=1.25)
AUS 146-62 (r=2.35) 118-53 (r=2.22)
SA 113-59 (r=1.91) 120-66 (r=1.81)
IND 103-103 (r=1.00) 124-103 (r=1.20)
WI 68-76 (r=0.89) 93-84 (r=1.10)
NZ 67-93 (r=0.72) 77-83 (r=0.92)
ENG 51-76 (r=0.67) 72-64 (r=1.12)

SL (Home) 37-11 (r=3.36) 44-17 (r=2.58)
SL (Away) 80-68 (r=1.18) 54-73 (r=0.74)
PAK (Home) 23-20 (r=1.15) 31-14 (r=2.21)
PAK (Away) 106-71 (r=1.49) 79-74 (r=1.07)
NZ (Home) 27-28 (r=0.96) 44-29 (r=1.51)
NZ (Away) 40-65 (r=0.62) 33-54 (r=0.61)
ENG (Home) 15-26 (r=0.57) 33-20 (r=1.65)
ENG (Away) 36-50 (r=0.72) 39-44 (r=0.89)

 

[RoboRocks]

Q. Who has been India's most successful number seven batsman in ODIs since 2000.

Mohammed Kaif has the most runs for India batting at number 7 since 2000. He is also the only player to score an ODI century batting at number 7.

MS Dhoni is the next with 384 runs at an average 29.53 and Ifran Pathan is at third with 226 at an average of 18.83.

How many times in Michael Clarkes ODI career has he scored 50-99 not out?

Clarke as made 28 scores between 50 and 99 with 3 ODI hundreds.

Rob, I think Colin was talking about a ground effect rather than a team effect regarding chasing. Personally, I think it's a combination of both.

ODIs : 1993 - 2007 (Courtesy of Statsguru)

Team W-L (Batting First) W-L (Batting Second)

SL 117-79 (r=1.48) 98-90 (r=1.08)
PAK 129-91 (r=1.41) 110-88 (r=1.25)
AUS 146-62 (r=2.35) 118-53 (r=2.22)
SA 113-59 (r=1.91) 120-66 (r=1.81)
IND 103-103 (r=1.00) 124-103 (r=1.20)
WI 68-76 (r=0.89) 93-84 (r=1.10)
NZ 67-93 (r=0.72) 77-83 (r=0.92)
ENG 51-76 (r=0.67) 72-64 (r=1.12)

SL (Home) 37-11 (r=3.36) 44-17 (r=2.58)
SL (Away) 80-68 (r=1.18) 54-73 (r=0.74)
PAK (Home) 23-20 (r=1.15) 31-14 (r=2.21)
PAK (Away) 106-71 (r=1.49) 79-74 (r=1.07)
NZ (Home) 27-28 (r=0.96) 44-29 (r=1.51)
NZ (Away) 40-65 (r=0.62) 33-54 (r=0.61)
ENG (Home) 15-26 (r=0.57) 33-20 (r=1.65)
ENG (Away) 36-50 (r=0.72) 39-44 (r=0.89)

Fair enough. I just thought this was the best way to show the results.

Where is the Big Pineapple in Australia?

Do washing machines live longer with Calgon?

Guys post something to do with cricket since it is in the "cricket games forum".

How much does Dwayne Leverock weigh?

This isn't a question to do with cricket but to answer Leverock is apparently 20 stone.

 

[barmyarmy]

Pretty shocked by some of those stats tbh. I was looking in the first place at the overall effect so great work sussing it all out, and in the second place at whether the trend is excerbated by factors such as time of year, day/night games and country the games are played in.
From what sivijay has posted it would appear that you definitely want to chase in England (if you are England) and in NZ and Pakistan. Might start another thread with those stats in mind.

 

[Kev]

....it would appear that you definitely want to chase in England

Although domestically that's not the case. Of the games that heralded a result in Pro40 and FPT last season, 55.7% were won by the team batting first, 42.8% by the team batting second and 1.4% were tied results. This includes games decided on D/L.

PS. I'm not going to do 10 years worth!

 

[RoboRocks]

Has anybody else got a question for the masterstater? :onpc

 

[Leicester Fox]

Who were the top 5 English batsmen and bowlers in FC cricket last year??

Also who were the best averaging batsmen and bowlers in county cricket under the age of 23? I know I could look but I'm lazy and I was wondering just how much talent there is at Englands disposal.

 

[Skater]

Who were the top 5 English batsmen and bowlers in FC cricket last year??

Also who were the best averaging batsmen and bowlers in county cricket under the age of 23? I know I could look but I'm lazy and I was wondering just how much talent there is at Englands disposal.

I am not going to directly answer your question because that is Robo's job, but I will say that Kabir Ali has a better strike rate in all cricket than Muttiah Muralidaran, Shane Warne, Curtly Ambrose and Glenn McGrath.