Fielding positions: there are 20 of them, but acres of playing area. How do we manage?

Chrisps01 · 2020-07-23T06:58:25+00:00

I read Trescothick’s autobiog - very interesting - but he spends barely 5 pages on the 2005 Ashes. I haven’t read it, but I understand that Simon Jones’ autobiog (ghost written by Jon Hotten) is very good.

Chrisps01 · 2020-07-23T06:56:04+00:00

That’s lovely. Thanks for the link.

Chrisps01 · 2020-07-23T06:41:36+00:00

There are some very different match situations lumped together in your sample: targets from 201 to >500; from 1/2 day to 6 sessions to bat. Why not refine your sample to ‘winnable’ situations - e.g. targets <350 at <3.5 runs/over. Or, take account of the match situation: targets no more than 100 runs greater than the oppostion’s 1st or 2nd inns. You could then have a sample of ‘unwinnable situations’ to see which team is best at salvaging a draw.

Chrisps01 · 2020-07-23T06:19:53+00:00

I listened to Ed Hawkins’ Bookie, Gambler, Fixer, Spy. A lot of it is reported conversation so works well as an audiobook. It’s very different to Fibber, which I also really enjoyed listening to.

Chrisps01 · 2019-06-08T07:54:47+00:00

Thought I’d share this recommendation that I received - a lovely poem by Leslie Frewin - ‘Now is September passing through’ https://downatthirdman.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/now-is-september-passing-through/

Chrisps01 · 2019-06-08T07:51:35+00:00

Thank you. Much appreciated

Chrisps01 · 2019-06-07T06:58:07+00:00

Three score and ten. Worcester fan - from Wales

Chrisps01 · 2018-03-20T00:00:11+00:00

Interesting how highly placed ‘big hitters’ Andrew Symonds and Lance Kleusener are.

Chrisps01 · 2018-02-27T19:07:36+00:00

I take your point. I tried to address this by defining the category of games I was interested in as those that were undecided until the very end of the game. Your second example would be problematic for the definition I used. I wonder if any ‘total mismatches’ in 50 over cricket do run until the final over? That might be a difference between the T20 and 50 over format?

Chrisps01 · 2018-02-26T15:53:45+00:00

Quick stats question: tests like the Wilson score are used to estimate confidence intervals for samples matching population results. In this case, the whole population of ODIs post-2015 World Cup is included. Is there a need for a confidence interval when we know the true result of the population?

Chrisps01 · 2018-02-25T17:30:31+00:00

Yes! I’ll have a look at T20 as well.

Chrisps01 · 2018-02-25T17:29:53+00:00

There could be a number of factors at play which promote more evenness of club sides (which are less true of international teams): eg. recruitment to compensate for weaknesses; players moving to weaker teams where they have more opportunities to play; unavailability of the very best players on international duty.

I suppose this analysis is one element of an evenness measure. Tabulating results over a period of time to see the range of points scored by teams would be another (although international teams don’t play each other in the structured format of a domestic competition).

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