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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Octopus Predicts Bangladesh vs India Opening Match

Octopus Says Bangladesh Will Defeat India in Opening Match of World Cup Cricket 2011.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

World Cup is in God's Hand

As world cup cricket 2011 is approaching, some interesting cricket jokes are also on the horizon. Here is one -

I am eagerly looking forward to the opening game of 19th February that will be held in my backyard in Dhaka between Bangladesh and India!

Monday, January 3, 2011

Remaining Not Out In Test Innings

One important quality of a batsman is remaining not out in an innings. It's equivalent to getting out after scoring infinite runs. This is the reason why test batting average is calculated for runs scored in career divided by number of innings played where the batsman was out (i.e. excluded not out innings).So today I while I am watching Sachin and Gambhir batting against South Africa after Sehwag and Dravid got out at 28 for 2 wickets, I am preparing this table. With 2 boundaries in Morkel's over Tendulkar just made sure they crossed half century partnership. I want him to stay not out today to bring India out of this yet another crisis.

Please note the column NO (number of not out innings) and the % (total innings played / number of not out innings * 100).

I am happy to see Tendulkar in the top 5 and not surprised to see Steve Waugh on top.
I am surprised to see Gavaskar hardly chipping in the 25th position while Sehwag and Lara are
at the bottom of the table. This is one area where Bradman performs average with a 12.5%
NO innings (10 out of 80 played).

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	%	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
SR Waugh (Aus)	1985-2004	168	260	46	17.69	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
AR Border (Aus)	1978-1994	156	265	44	16.60	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2011	145	245	37	15.10	11838	201*	56.91	39	54	10
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2010	129	219	34	15.53	9063	203*	48.98	22	55	13
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2011	177	288	31	10.76	14532	248*	56.54	50	59	14
R Dravid (ICC/India)	1996-2011	150	258	30	11.63	12032	270	52.77	31	59	8
VVS Laxman (India)	1996-2011	120	196	30	15.31	7856	281	47.32	16	49	12
RT Ponting (Aus)	1995-2010	152	259	28	10.81	12363	257	53.51	39	56	14
GP Thorpe (Eng)	1993-2005	100	179	28	15.64	6744	200*	44.66	16	39	12
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	202	25	12.38	7487	184	42.29	18	39	10
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	1997-2011	139	195	23	11.79	5257	125	30.56	5	33	17
G Boycott (Eng)	1964-1982	108	193	23	11.92	8114	246*	47.72	22	42	10
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	1992-2007	120	200	22	11.00	8830	329	49.6	25	46	15
Saleem Malik (Pak)	1982-1999	103	154	22	14.29	5768	237	43.69	15	29	12
DB Vengsarkar (India)	1976-1992	116	185	22	11.89	6868	166	42.13	17	35	15
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1976-1993	124	189	21	11.11	8832	280*	52.57	23	43	6
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	160	21	13.13	8032	365*	57.78	26	30	12
AJ Stewart (Eng)	1990-2003	133	235	21	8.94	8463	190	39.54	15	45	14
DC Boon (Aus)	1984-1996	107	190	20	10.53	7422	200	43.65	21	32	16
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	1999-2008	96	137	20	14.60	5570	204*	47.6	17	26	14
GS Chappell (Aus)	1970-1984	87	151	19	12.58	7110	247*	53.86	24	31	12
DI Gower (Eng)	1978-1992	117	204	18	8.82	8231	215	44.25	18	39	7
SC Ganguly (India)	1996-2008	113	188	17	9.04	7212	239	42.17	16	35	13
ME Waugh (Aus)	1991-2002	128	209	17	8.13	8029	153*	41.81	20	47	19
SM Gavaskar (India)	1971-1987	125	214	16	7.48	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	108	185	16	8.65	7558	226	44.72	19	34	11
WR Hammond (Eng)	1927-1947	85	140	16	11.43	7249	336*	58.45	22	24	4
N Hussain (Eng)	1990-2004	96	171	16	9.36	5764	207	37.18	14	33	14
MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-2007	90	156	15	9.62	5502	249	39.02	16	17	22
KF Barrington (Eng)	1955-1968	82	131	15	11.45	6806	256	58.67	20	35	5
DCS Compton (Eng)	1937-1957	78	131	15	11.45	5807	278	50.06	17	28	10
MC Cowdrey (Eng)	1954-1975	114	188	15	7.98	7624	182	44.06	22	38	9
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	102	173	15	8.67	5762	233	36.46	13	27	13
L Hutton (Eng)	1937-1955	79	138	15	10.87	6971	364	56.67	19	33	5
N Kapil Dev (India)	1978-1994	131	184	15	8.15	5248	163	31.05	8	27	16
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-2004	101	176	15	8.52	7289	275	45.27	21	34	13
ML Hayden (Aus)	1994-2009	103	184	14	7.61	8625	380	50.73	30	29	14
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	110	188	14	7.45	6973	340	40.07	14	31	15
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	175	14	8.00	7515	242*	46.67	19	39	4
KD Walters (Aus)	1965-1981	74	125	14	11.20	5357	250	48.26	15	33	4
D Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2010	116	190	13	6.84	9527	374	53.82	28	38	11
MA Taylor (Aus)	1989-1999	104	186	13	6.99	7525	334*	43.49	19	40	5
JL Langer (Aus)	1993-2007	105	182	12	6.59	7696	250	45.27	23	30	11
WM Lawry (Aus)	1961-1971	67	123	12	9.76	5234	210	47.15	13	27	6
M Yousuf (Pak)	1998-2010	90	156	12	7.69	7530	223	52.29	24	33	11
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	93	155	12	7.74	5105	135*	35.69	4	38	12
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	182	12	6.59	8540	291	50.23	24	45	10
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1995	86	146	12	8.22	5949	194	44.39	16	27	8
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2010	94	156	12	7.69	8244	287	57.25	24	34	4
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1995	77	131	11	8.40	5444	299	45.36	17	18	9
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	93	159	11	6.92	6361	267	42.97	20	22	7
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)	1969-1985	78	124	11	8.87	5062	274	44.79	12	20	10
DG Bradman (Aus)	1928-1948	52	80	10	12.50	6996	334	99.94	29	13	7
IM Chappell (Aus)	1964-1980	75	136	10	7.35	5345	196	42.42	14	26	11
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2008	111	189	10	5.29	7172	274*	40.06	9	46	16
RN Harvey (Aus)	1948-1963	79	137	10	7.30	6149	205	48.41	21	24	7
ME Trescothick (Eng)	2000-2006	76	143	10	6.99	5825	219	43.79	14	29	12
GR Viswanath (India)	1969-1983	91	155	10	6.45	6080	222	41.93	14	35	10
M Azharuddin (India)	1984-2000	99	147	9	6.12	6215	199	45.03	22	21	5
JH Edrich (Eng)	1963-1976	77	127	9	7.09	5138	310*	43.54	12	24	6
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2011	91	158	9	5.70	7428	277	49.85	22	29	10
MP Vaughan (Eng)	1999-2008	82	147	9	6.12	5719	197	41.44	18	18	9
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2009	83	146	8	5.48	5759	291	41.73	15	31	10
Younis Khan (Pak)	2000-2010	65	116	8	6.90	5440	313	50.37	17	21	13
MA Atherton (Eng)	1989-2001	115	212	7	3.30	7728	185*	37.69	16	46	20
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	90	154	7	4.55	6167	228	41.95	14	26	11
JB Hobbs (Eng)	1908-1930	61	102	7	6.86	5410	211	56.94	15	28	4
MJ Slater (Aus)	1993-2001	74	131	7	5.34	5312	219	42.83	14	21	9
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1993	82	148	7	4.73	5334	185	37.82	12	23	7
IT Botham (Eng)	1977-1992	102	161	6	3.73	5200	208	33.54	14	22	14
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2010	91	159	6	3.77	6373	333	41.65	13	33	15
GA Gooch (Eng)	1975-1995	118	215	6	2.79	8900	333	42.58	20	46	13
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	79	137	6	4.38	6227	256	47.53	15	28	7
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2006	131	232	6	2.59	11953	400*	52.88	34	48	17
KP Pietersen (Eng)	2005-2011	71	122	6	4.92	5630	227	48.53	17	21	7
V Sehwag (ICC/India)	2001-2011	87	149	6	4.03	7683	319	53.72	22	27	12
AJ Strauss (Eng)	2004-2011	82	146	6	4.11	6024	177	43.02	19	23	12

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Measuring Average Differently: Highest Runs Per Innings Discounting Not Out

Here is another important number in cricket for batsmen with some modifications from me as a new year gift for the readers - highest batting average. The traditional way of measuring batting average is to divide the total career runs scored by the number of innings he played excluding the not out innings. This way we know before getting out, the batsmen scores how many runs on an average. Forget about the Bradman's magical 99.94, then the good batsmen averages around 50 to 60 runs before getting out once. Amongst our current players, Sangakkara, Tendulkar and Kallis are top in this list. You can get a pick of that list from CricInfo in the following URL - http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html

A few writers tries to say that the high average of Tendulkar is due to his many not out innings and Lara for his reason is in the lower 50s because of only 6 not out innings in his career (and o boy, 3 of them I call recall are 400*, 375* and famous 153*)! Instead they were saying that if you measure runs per test (no matter if the batsmen could play in both innings or one innings) and discount not outs, then Lara is quite ahead. That is a very unfair comparison because Lara played almost in all Tests in both the innings while Tendulkar didn't get a chance to play in the second innings in many Tests. Instead I believe the measurement below I gave (Runs Per Innings) will give the view they wanted to have, how many runs a batsmen score on an average in each innings played without giving any special tribute for remaining not out in any innings. I have taken a minimum of 5000 test runs scored to filter out bolwers and batsmen I am not interested about. Bradman again obviously comes first with 87.45. Apart from him there are only 10 batsmen who are above 50 with the second placed Jack Hobbs at 53.03.

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	Runs Per Innings	100	50	0
DG Bradman (Aus)	1928-1948	52	80	10	6996	334	99.94	87.45	29	13	7
JB Hobbs (Eng)	1908-1930	61	102	7	5410	211	56.94	53.03921569	15	28	4
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2010	94	156	12	8244	287	57.25	52.84615385	24	34	4
KF Barrington (Eng)	1955-1968	82	131	15	6806	256	58.67	51.95419847	20	35	5
V Sehwag (ICC/India)	2001-2010	86	148	6	7670	319	54.01	51.82432432	22	27	12
WR Hammond (Eng)	1927-1947	85	140	16	7249	336*	58.45	51.77857143	22	24	4
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2006	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	51.52155172	34	48	17
L Hutton (Eng)	1937-1955	79	138	15	6971	364	56.67	50.51449275	19	33	5
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2010	176	288	31	14532	248*	56.54	50.45833333	50	59	14
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	50.2	26	30	12
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2010	116	190	13	9527	374	53.82	50.14210526	28	38	11
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	1998-2010	90	156	12	7530	223	52.29	48.26923077	24	33	11
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2010	144	244	37	11677	201*	56.41	47.85655738	38	54	10
RT Ponting (Aus)	1995-2010	152	259	28	12363	257	53.51	47.73359073	39	56	14
SM Gavaskar (India)	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	47.29906542	34	45	12
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2010	90	157	9	7422	277	50.14	47.27388535	22	29	10
GS Chappell (Aus)	1970-1984	87	151	19	7110	247*	53.86	47.08609272	24	31	12
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	46.92307692	24	45	10
Younis Khan (Pak)	2000-2010	65	116	8	5440	313	50.37	46.89655172	17	21	13
ML Hayden (Aus)	1994-2009	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	46.875	30	29	14
R Dravid (ICC/India)	1996-2010	149	257	29	12027	270	52.75	46.79766537	31	59	8
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1976-1993	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	46.73015873	23	43	6
KP Pietersen (Eng)	2005-2010	70	122	6	5630	227	48.53	46.14754098	17	21	7
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	79	137	6	6227	256	47.53	45.45255474	15	28	7
RN Harvey (Aus)	1948-1963	79	137	10	6149	205	48.41	44.88321168	21	24	7
DCS Compton (Eng)	1937-1957	78	131	15	5807	278	50.06	44.32824427	17	28	10
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak)	1992-2007	120	200	22	8830	329	49.6	44.15	25	46	15
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	175	14	7515	242*	46.67	42.94285714	19	39	4
KD Walters (Aus)	1965-1981	74	125	14	5357	250	48.26	42.856	15	33	4
WM Lawry (Aus)	1961-1971	67	123	12	5234	210	47.15	42.55284553	13	27	6
JL Langer (Aus)	1993-2007	105	182	12	7696	250	45.27	42.28571429	23	30	11
M Azharuddin (India)	1984-2000	99	147	9	6215	199	45.03	42.27891156	22	21	5
AR Border (Aus)	1978-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	42.16603774	27	63	11
G Boycott (Eng)	1964-1982	108	193	23	8114	246*	47.72	42.04145078	22	42	10
SR Waugh (Aus)	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	42.02692308	32	50	22
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1995	77	131	11	5444	299	45.36	41.55725191	17	18	9
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	41.41477273	21	34	13
GA Gooch (Eng)	1975-1995	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	41.39534884	20	46	13
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2010	129	219	34	9063	203*	48.98	41.38356164	22	55	13
AJ Strauss (Eng)	2004-2010	81	146	6	6024	177	43.02	41.26027397	19	23	12
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	108	185	16	7558	226	44.72	40.85405405	19	34	11
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)	1969-1985	78	124	11	5062	274	44.79	40.82258065	12	20	10
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1995	86	146	12	5949	194	44.39	40.74657534	16	27	8
ME Trescothick (Eng)	2000-2006	76	143	10	5825	219	43.79	40.73426573	14	29	12
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	1999-2008	96	137	20	5570	204*	47.6	40.65693431	17	26	14
MC Cowdrey (Eng)	1954-1975	114	188	15	7624	182	44.06	40.55319149	22	38	9
MJ Slater (Aus)	1993-2001	74	131	7	5312	219	42.83	40.54961832	14	21	9
MA Taylor (Aus)	1989-1999	104	186	13	7525	334*	43.49	40.45698925	19	40	5
JH Edrich (Eng)	1963-1976	77	127	9	5138	310*	43.54	40.45669291	12	24	6
DI Gower (Eng)	1978-1992	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	40.34803922	18	39	7
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2010	91	159	6	6373	333	41.65	40.08176101	13	33	15
VVS Laxman (India)	1996-2010	119	196	30	7856	281	47.32	40.08163265	16	49	12
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	40.04545455	14	26	11
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	93	159	11	6361	267	42.97	40.00628931	20	22	7
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2009	83	146	8	5759	291	41.73	39.44520548	15	31	10
IM Chappell (Aus)	1964-1980	75	136	10	5345	196	42.42	39.30147059	14	26	11
GR Viswanath (India)	1969-1983	91	155	10	6080	222	41.93	39.22580645	14	35	10
DC Boon (Aus)	1984-1996	107	190	20	7422	200	43.65	39.06315789	21	32	16
MP Vaughan (Eng)	1999-2008	82	147	9	5719	197	41.44	38.9047619	18	18	9
ME Waugh (Aus)	1991-2002	128	209	17	8029	153*	41.81	38.41626794	20	47	19
SC Ganguly (India)	1996-2008	113	188	17	7212	239	42.17	38.36170213	16	35	13
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2008	111	189	10	7172	274*	40.06	37.94708995	9	46	16
GP Thorpe (Eng)	1993-2005	100	179	28	6744	200*	44.66	37.67597765	16	39	12
Saleem Malik (Pak)	1982-1999	103	154	22	5768	237	43.69	37.45454545	15	29	12
DB Vengsarkar (India)	1976-1992	116	185	22	6868	166	42.13	37.12432432	17	35	15
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	110	188	14	6973	340	40.07	37.09042553	14	31	15
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	202	25	7487	184	42.29	37.06435644	18	39	10
MA Atherton (Eng)	1989-2001	115	212	7	7728	185*	37.69	36.45283019	16	46	20
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1993	82	148	7	5334	185	37.82	36.04054054	12	23	7
AJ Stewart (Eng)	1990-2003	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	36.01276596	15	45	14
MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-2007	90	156	15	5502	249	39.02	35.26923077	16	17	22
N Hussain (Eng)	1990-2004	96	171	16	5764	207	37.18	33.70760234	14	33	14
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	102	173	15	5762	233	36.46	33.30635838	13	27	13
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	93	155	12	5105	135*	35.69	32.93548387	4	38	12
IT Botham (Eng)	1977-1992	102	161	6	5200	208	33.54	32.29813665	14	22	14
N Kapil Dev (India)	1978-1994	131	184	15	5248	163	31.05	28.52173913	8	27	16
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	1997-2010	138	194	23	5257	125	30.74	27.09793814	5	33	16

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Percentage of Innings Played Before Scoring Half Century (Out)

I was trying to use CricInfo StatsGuru to find out which batsmen in test cricket history have frequently failed to score significant runs before getting out. This will be slightly more interesting as it will not depend on the batsman's career average rather will calculate the percentage of his under-performing innings compared to his career average. For this I have made the following assumptions -

1. The innings where the batsmen scored 0 to 49 (less than a half century) will be considered as not-so-significant contribution to the team total. While it's subjective and not true (probably 0 to 39 makes more sense), I wanted to count half century as an achievement for that particular batsman in an innings irrespective of where his team stands.

2. I am counting only innings where he was out. So if a player remain o not out or 1 not out, that innings should not be counted as a under performing innings while even if he got out scoring 49 runs in a team total of 88, this method will count that innings as an under performing one.

3. I wanted to exclude bowlers who will have lots of scores (in fact most scores) within this range. For this, I believe a bar of setting at least 2000 test runs scored in career will work as a good filter.

4. The percentage will be calculated as, count of (under performing innings / total number of innings played in career) * 100.

5. I wanted to also mention the number of times the batsman got out scoring a duck.

With the assumptions above in mind, I could only reach to an imperfect table below and would like to have your help on figuring this out. I could not figure out a way to put career runs scored and I had to manually enter the career innings numbers from CricInfo. MS Excel helped me do the percentage calculation automatically though but I would like to limit it till 2 digits after decimal. The table below shows players who have at least played enough number of matches that generated at least 90 matches where he under performed. This criteria I set as I couldn't apply option#3 for filtering the results.

Player -           Innings - Career Innings - Percentage - 0 / duck
SK Warne (Aus)        173         199         86.93467337 34
A Kumble (India)      137         173         79.19075145 17
IA Healy (Aus)         140         182         76.92307692 18
N Kapil Dev (India)     140         184         76.08695652 16
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)     138         194         71.13402062 16
MA Atherton (Eng)      149         212         70.28301887 20
AJ Stewart (Eng)      163         235         69.36170213 14
ST Jayasuriya (SL)     130         188         69.14893617 15
GA Gooch (Eng)         145         215         67.44186047 13
DI Gower (Eng)         137         204         67.15686275 7
CA Walsh (WI)         124         185         67.02702703 43
ME Waugh (Aus)         134         209         64.11483254 19
BC Lara (ICC/WI)        147         232         63.36206897 17
SR Waugh (Aus)          159         260         61.15384615 22
S Chanderpaul (WI)      133         219         60.73059361 13
AR Border (Aus)        160         265         60.37735849 11
SM Gavaskar (India)     129         214         60.28037383 12
R Dravid (ICC/India)    151         257         58.75486381 8
SR Tendulkar (India)      168         288         58.33333333 14
RT Ponting (Aus)      151         259         58.3011583 14
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)      140         244         57.37704918 10

So I gave a post in Cricket Fan Forums where I know there are several expert cricket statisticians who can help me. And I got help within a few hours here - http://cricketfansforum.net/showthread.php?p=391099#post391099 from pappubahry. His list is sorted by failure rate (from lower rate to higher) for players with at least 3000 test run. I can now follow the process he mentioned and prepare separate tables for failure rate between 0-9, 0-19, 0-24 and 0-39. Or even 50-99, 100-149, 150-199 etc.

Player                  Mat    Inns      NO    Runs   Ave     ducks    0-49   failure rate  
DG Bradman               52      80      10    6996   99.94       7      36   45.0%
H Sutcliffe              54      84       9    4555   60.73       2      40   47.6%
TT Samaraweera           63      98      17    4395   54.25       7      51   52.0%
KF Barrington            82     131      15    6806   58.67       5      69   52.7%
JB Hobbs                 61     102       7    5410   56.94       4      55   53.9%
KD Walters               74     125      14    5357   48.26       4      69   55.2%
CL Walcott               44      74       7    3798   56.68       1      41   55.4%
ED Weekes                48      81       5    4455   58.61       6      45   55.6%
GS Chappell              87     151      19    7110   53.86      12      85   56.3%
L Hutton                 79     138      15    6971   56.67       5      79   57.2%
JH Kallis               144     244      37   11677   56.41      10     140   57.4%
MEK Hussey               58     101      12    4605   51.74       9      58   57.4%
B Mitchell               42      80       9    3471   48.88       3      46   57.5%
G Gambhir                37      66       5    3077   50.44       4      38   57.6%
DCS Compton              78     131      15    5807   50.06      10      76   58.0%
RT Ponting              152     259      28   12363   53.51      14     151   58.3%
SR Tendulkar            176     288      31   14532   56.54      14     168   58.3%
R Dravid                149     257      29   12027   52.75       8     151   58.8%
A Flower                 63     112      19    4794   51.54       5      66   58.9%
KC Sangakkara            94     156      12    8244   57.25       4      93   59.6%
DR Martyn                67     109      14    4406   46.37       7      65   59.6%
IVA Richards            121     182      12    8540   50.23      10     109   59.9%
GS Sobers                93     160      21    8032   57.78      12      96   60.0%
EH Hendren               51      83       9    3525   47.63       4      50   60.2%
SM Gavaskar             125     214      16   10122   51.12      12     129   60.3%
Javed Miandad           124     189      21    8832   52.57       6     114   60.3%
GP Thorpe               100     179      28    6744   44.66      12     108   60.3%
AR Border               156     265      44   11174   50.56      11     160   60.4%
Saeed Anwar              55      91       2    4052   45.52       8      55   60.4%
SM Katich                56      99       6    4188   45.03       4      60   60.6%
VVS Laxman              119     196      30    7856   47.32      12     119   60.7%
RA Smith                 62     112      15    4236   43.67       8      68   60.7%
S Chanderpaul           129     219      34    9063   48.98      13     133   60.7%
ER Dexter                62     102       8    4502   47.89       6      62   60.8%
Mohammad Yousuf          90     156      12    7530   52.29      11      95   60.9%
IR Bell                  61     105      11    4077   43.37       7      64   61.0%
WM Lawry                 67     123      12    5234   47.15       6      75   61.0%
DPMD Jayawardene        116     190      13    9527   53.82      11     116   61.1%
SR Waugh                168     260      46   10927   51.06      22     159   61.2%
RB Simpson               62     111       7    4869   46.81       8      68   61.3%
Inzamam-ul-Haq          120     200      22    8830    49.6      15     123   61.5%
RN Harvey                79     137      10    6149   48.41       7      85   62.0%
AC Gilchrist             96     137      20    5570    47.6      14      85   62.0%
G Boycott               108     193      23    8114   47.72      10     120   62.2%
IR Redpath               66     120      11    4737   43.45       9      75   62.5%
CH Lloyd                110     175      14    7515   46.67       4     110   62.9%
ML Hayden               103     184      14    8625   50.73      14     116   63.0%
AB de Villiers           65     111      13    4702   47.97       2      70   63.1%
AN Cook                  64     114       7    4941   46.17       3      72   63.2%
PBH May                  66     106       9    4537   46.77       8      67   63.2%
FMM Worrell              51      87       9    3860   49.48      11      55   63.2%
AI Kallicharran          66     109      10    4399   44.43      10      69   63.3%
BC Lara                 131     232       6   11953   52.88      17     147   63.4%
DL Haynes               116     202      25    7487   42.29      10     128   63.4%
MJ Clarke                68     112      12    4697   46.97       5      71   63.4%
WR Hammond               85     140      16    7249   58.45       4      89   63.6%
G Kirsten               101     176      15    7289   45.27      13     112   63.6%
MC Cowdrey              114     188      15    7624   44.06       9     120   63.8%
ME Waugh                128     209      17    8029   41.81      19     134   64.1%
Saleem Malik            103     154      22    5768   43.69      12      99   64.3%
GC Smith                 90     157       9    7422   50.14      10     101   64.3%
DJ Cullinan              70     115      12    4554   44.21      10      74   64.3%
M Amarnath               69     113      10    4378    42.5      12      73   64.6%
IM Chappell              75     136      10    5345   42.42      11      88   64.7%
HM Amla                  50      88       7    3836   47.35       6      57   64.8%
V Sehwag                 86     148       6    7670   54.01      12      96   64.9%
HP Tillakaratne          83     131      25    4545   42.87       9      85   64.9%
RB Kanhai                79     137       6    6227   47.53       7      89   65.0%
ME Trescothick           76     143      10    5825   43.79      12      93   65.0%
MA Taylor               104     186      13    7525   43.49       5     121   65.1%
RB Richardson            86     146      12    5949   44.39       8      95   65.1%
RC Fredericks            59     109       7    4334   42.49       7      71   65.1%
Younis Khan              65     116       8    5440   50.37      13      76   65.5%
RR Sarwan                83     146       8    5759   41.73      10      96   65.8%
GR Viswanath             91     155      10    6080   41.93      10     102   65.8%
TW Graveney              79     123      13    4882   44.38       8      81   65.9%
CG Greenidge            108     185      16    7558   44.72      11     122   65.9%
DB Vengsarkar           116     185      22    6868   42.13      15     122   65.9%
Mushtaq Mohammad         57     100       7    3643   39.17       4      66   66.0%
DM Jones                 52      89      11    3631   46.55      11      59   66.3%
MD Crowe                 77     131      11    5444   45.36       9      87   66.4%
N Hussain                96     171      16    5764   37.18      14     114   66.7%
PD Collingwood           67     114      10    4246   40.82       6      76   66.7%
KWR Fletcher             59      96      14    3272    39.9       6      64   66.7%
NS Sidhu                 51      78       2    3202   42.13       9      52   66.7%
BF Butcher               44      78       6    3104   43.11       3      52   66.7%
AL Hassett               43      69       3    3073   46.56       1      46   66.7%
CD McMillan              55      91      10    3116   38.46       7      61   67.0%
A Ranatunga              93     155      12    5105   35.69      12     104   67.1%
DI Gower                117     204      18    8231   44.25       7     137   67.2%
KP Pietersen             70     122       6    5630   48.53       7      82   67.2%
DC Boon                 107     190      20    7422   43.65      16     128   67.4%
GA Gooch                118     215       6    8900   42.58      13     145   67.4%
TM Dilshan               66     105      11    3990   42.44      11      71   67.6%
Zaheer Abbas             78     124      11    5062   44.79      10      84   67.7%
AW Greig                 58      93       4    3599   40.43       5      63   67.7%
PR Umrigar               59      94       8    3631   42.22       5      64   68.1%
JL Langer               105     182      12    7696   45.27      11     124   68.1%
DL Amiss                 50      88      10    3612    46.3      10      60   68.2%
AJ Strauss               81     146       6    6024   43.02      12     100   68.5%
JH Edrich                77     127       9    5138   43.54       6      87   68.5%
SC Ganguly              113     188      17    7212   42.17      13     129   68.6%
MJ Slater                74     131       7    5312   42.83       9      90   68.7%
M Azharuddin             99     147       9    6215   45.03       5     101   68.7%
AG Prince                61      96      16    3487   43.58       6      66   68.8%
JC Adams                 54      90      17    3012   41.26       7      62   68.9%
Imran Khan               88     126      25    3807   37.69       8      87   69.0%
Hanif Mohammad           55      97       8    3915   43.98       5      67   69.1%
CG Borde                 55      97      11    3061   35.59      13      67   69.1%
ST Jayasuriya           110     188      14    6973   40.07      15     130   69.1%
PA de Silva              93     159      11    6361   42.97       7     110   69.2%
CC Hunte                 44      78       6    3245   45.06       5      54   69.2%
HA Gomes                 60      91      11    3171   39.63       5      63   69.2%
AJ Stewart              133     235      21    8463   39.54      14     163   69.4%
WJ Cronje                68     111       9    3714   36.41      11      77   69.4%
FE Woolley               64      98       7    3283   36.07      13      68   69.4%
VL Manjrekar             55      92      10    3208   39.12      11      64   69.6%
AR Morris                46      79       3    3533   46.48       4      55   69.6%
C Hill                   49      89       2    3412   39.21       9      62   69.7%
CH Gayle                 91     159       6    6373   41.65      15     111   69.8%
SP Fleming              111     189      10    7172   40.06      16     132   69.8%
SM Pollock              108     156      39    3781   32.31       9     109   69.9%
CC McDonald              47      83       4    3107   39.32       2      58   69.9%
BB McCullum              55      93       6    3232   37.14       8      65   69.9%
DL Vettori              103     157      23    4053   30.24      17     110   70.1%
CL Cairns                62     104       5    3320   33.53       7      73   70.2%
RJ Shastri               80     121      14    3830   35.79       9      85   70.2%
MA Atherton             115     212       7    7728   37.69      20     149   70.3%
Ijaz Ahmed               60      92       4    3315   37.67       7      65   70.7%
A Flintoff               79     130       9    3845   31.77      17      92   70.8%
HH Gibbs                 90     154       7    6167   41.95      11     109   70.8%
NJ Astle                 81     137      10    4702   37.02      11      97   70.8%
MW Gatting               79     138      14    4409   35.55      16      98   71.0%
MV Boucher              138     194      23    5257   30.74      16     138   71.1%
APE Knott                95     149      15    4389   32.75       8     106   71.1%
MP Vaughan               82     147       9    5719   41.44       9     105   71.4%
MA Butcher               71     131       7    4288   34.58      10      94   71.8%
VT Trumper               48      89       8    3163   39.04       7      64   71.9%
JR Reid                  58     108       5    3428   33.28       5      78   72.2%
ND McKenzie              58      94       7    3253   37.39       9      68   72.3%
Mudassar Nazar           76     116       8    4114   38.09       7      84   72.4%
MS Atapattu              90     156      15    5502   39.02      22     113   72.4%
KJ Hughes                70     124       6    4415   37.41      10      90   72.6%
Majid Khan               63     106       5    3931   38.92       9      77   72.6%
Habibul Bashar           50      99       1    3026   30.87       7      72   72.7%
JG Wright                82     148       7    5334   37.82       7     108   73.0%
AJ Lamb                  79     139      10    4656   36.09       9     102   73.4%
CL Hooper               102     173      15    5762   36.46      13     127   73.4%
Asif Iqbal               58      99       7    3575   38.85       9      73   73.7%
PJL Dujon                81     115      11    3322   31.94       8      85   73.9%
WPUJC Vaas              111     162      35    3089   24.32      12     120   74.1%
BE Congdon               61     114       7    3448   32.22       9      86   75.4%
GM Wood                  59     112       6    3374   31.83       9      85   75.9%
N Kapil Dev             131     184      15    5248   31.05      16     140   76.1%
IT Botham               102     161       6    5200   33.54      14     123   76.4%
Sir RJ Hadlee            86     134      19    3124   27.16      12     103   76.9%
IA Healy                119     182      23    4356   27.39      18     140   76.9%
GA Hick                  65     114       6    3383   31.32      11      88   77.2%
RW Marsh                 96     150      13    3633   26.51      12     120   80.0%
GW Flower                67     123       6    3457   29.54      16      99   80.5%
SK Warne                145     199      17    3154   17.32      34     173   86.9%

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Part of Winning and Loosing Team - Most Number Of Times

While reading the article on Ponting, I became curious to know who are the people that were part of a winning team most of the times. And naturally with that comes the opposite question as well. So I opened CricInfo StatsGuru and figured it out quite easily. Here are the 2 tables.

Most Number Of Participations In A Winning Team

Player	Teams	Span	Mat	Won	W/L	Ave	RPO	HS	LS
RT Ponting	1	1995-2010	99	99	-	46.77	3.60	735	120
SK Warne	1	1992-2007	92	92	-	44.39	3.43	653	108
SR Waugh	1	1987-2003	86	86	-	46.17	3.31	735	108
GD McGrath	1	1993-2007	84	84	-	44.57	3.49	652	108
AC Gilchrist	1	1999-2008	73	73	-	47.36	3.73	735	120
ME Waugh	1	1991-2002	72	72	-	43.24	3.26	653	108
ML Hayden	1	1997-2009	71	71	-	47.32	3.71	735	108
MV Boucher	1	1998-2010	70	70	-	44.83	3.29	682	167
JL Langer	1	1993-2007	70	70	-	45.07	3.61	735	120
JH Kallis	1	1996-2010	69	69	-	43.78	3.26	658	167
IVA Richards	1	1974-1991	63	63	-	39.71	3.40	687	127
DL Haynes	1	1978-1994	60	60	-	36.70	3.38	606	127
SR Tendulkar	1	1990-2010	60	60	-	45.01	3.38	726	104
CG Greenidge	1	1974-1991	57	57	-	39.51	3.41	687	127
IA Healy	1	1989-1999	55	55	-	43.81	3.03	653	108
B Lee	1	1999-2008	54	54	-	48.05	3.75	735	127
M Muralitharan	1	1992-2010	54	54	-	46.04	3.42	756	150
R Dravid	1	1996-2010	52	52	-	43.21	3.38	726	104
MA Taylor	1	1989-1999	52	52	-	44.74	3.05	653	108
CA Walsh	1	1984-2001	52	52	-	35.33	3.18	660	127
AR Border	1	1978-1994	50	50	-	41.82	2.92	653	145
M Ntini	1	1998-2009	50	50	-	46.40	3.38	682	167
Inzamam-ul-Haq	1	1992-2007	49	49	-	39.18	3.26	643	170
DPMD Jayawardene	1	1998-2010	49	49	-	47.01	3.54	756	150
SM Pollock	1	1996-2008	49	49	-	41.62	3.24	682	176
G Kirsten	1	1994-2004	48	48	-	40.12	3.13	682	167
JN Gillespie	1	1996-2006	47	47	-	46.01	3.64	735	108
GC Smith	1	2002-2010	45	45	-	48.76	3.45	682	167
CEL Ambrose	1	1988-2000	44	44	-	34.70	3.21	660	127
PJL Dujon	1	1982-1991	44	44	-	38.26	3.34	606	127
HH Gibbs	1	1996-2008	44	44	-	46.53	3.32	682	167
DR Martyn	1	1992-2006	44	44	-	43.96	3.68	735	120
MJ Slater	1	1993-2001	44	44	-	44.00	3.26	653	184
MC Cowdrey	1	1954-1975	43	43	-	38.31	2.61	562	150
A Kumble	1	1993-2008	43	43	-	42.55	3.24	675	104
VVS Laxman	1	1996-2010	43	43	-	43.18	3.44	726	104
CH Lloyd	1	1966-1984	43	43	-	41.05	3.39	687	190
MD Marshall	1	1980-1991	43	43	-	37.33	3.33	606	149
RB Richardson	1	1984-1995	43	43	-	36.44	3.37	569	127
WPUJC Vaas	1	1995-2009	43	43	-	44.32	3.34	713	150
KC Sangakkara	1	2000-2010	42	42	-	50.52	3.63	756	150
DC Boon	1	1984-1996	41	41	-	45.72	3.01	653	145
RN Harvey	1	1948-1963	41	41	-	37.38	2.62	758	75
Wasim Akram	1	1985-2002	41	41	-	35.35	3.12	600	116
MJ Clarke	1	2004-2010	40	40	-	46.16	3.65	602	127
ST Jayasuriya	1	1993-2007	40	40	-	45.02	3.41	756	150
Javed Miandad	1	1976-1993	39	39	-	39.47	3.15	652	102
Saleem Malik	1	1982-1999	39	39	-	34.52	3.13	652	102
AJ Stewart	1	1990-2003	39	39	-	35.93	3.08	604	118

Ponting is in the top with 99 wins followed by all Australians that you can remember on top of your head! Kidding. But top 10 is almost exclusively taken by them, Boucher and Kallis somehow chipping in at the last moment. Tendulkar is just outside the top 10 list with 60 wins but I hope he will make into that elite group by next year.

Most Number Of Participations In A Loosing Team

Player	Teams	Span	Mat	Lost	Ave	RPO	HS	LS
BC Lara	2	1992-2006	63	63	23.11	2.94	448	47
S Chanderpaul	1	1994-2010	61	61	23.25	2.98	416	47
AJ Stewart	1	1990-2003	54	54	22.64	2.65	445	46
AR Border	1	1979-1994	46	46	22.50	2.58	429	76
Mohammad Ashraful	1	2001-2010	46	46	20.49	3.10	427	62
SR Tendulkar	1	1990-2010	46	46	23.83	3.03	532	66
MA Atherton	1	1989-2001	44	44	21.93	2.63	432	46
Habibul Bashar	1	2000-2008	44	44	19.57	2.98	427	62
CH Gayle	1	2001-2010	43	43	24.36	3.03	448	47
RR Sarwan	1	2000-2009	43	43	24.29	3.02	448	47
CA Walsh	1	1984-2001	43	43	20.87	2.83	391	51
SP Fleming	1	1994-2008	42	42	22.82	2.78	451	73
GA Gooch	1	1975-1995	42	42	21.45	2.57	430	92
DI Gower	1	1978-1992	42	42	21.65	2.64	430	82
M Muralitharan	2	1993-2009	42	42	23.23	3.02	410	73
R Dravid	2	1996-2010	41	41	23.35	2.99	532	66
DL Vettori	2	1997-2010	40	40	23.15	2.95	451	73
Inzamam-ul-Haq	2	1992-2007	39	39	22.95	3.00	538	72
CL Hooper	1	1988-2002	38	38	22.40	2.84	448	107
JH Kallis	2	1997-2010	38	38	25.49	2.89	484	84
Khaled Mashud	1	2000-2007	38	38	19.76	3.00	427	86
GW Flower	1	1992-2003	37	37	21.56	2.45	422	63
HH Streak	1	1993-2005	37	37	21.58	2.51	422	54
PA de Silva	1	1985-2002	36	36	22.07	2.81	547	71
RD Jacobs	1	1998-2004	36	36	22.06	2.87	448	47
SR Waugh	1	1986-2003	36	36	23.53	2.92	556	103
SC Ganguly	1	1996-2008	35	35	23.31	2.95	532	66
Javed Omar	1	2001-2007	35	35	19.97	2.99	427	62
ST Jayasuriya	1	1991-2007	35	35	22.96	3.04	410	73
A Ranatunga	1	1982-2000	35	35	21.58	2.81	547	71
MV Boucher	2	1998-2009	34	34	26.14	2.95	484	84
A Flower	1	1992-2002	34	34	21.80	2.43	422	63
SM Gavaskar	1	1972-1987	34	34	23.41	2.80	465	42
DPMD Jayawardene	1	1998-2010	34	34	23.86	3.03	425	73
WPUJC Vaas	1	1994-2008	34	34	23.30	3.00	407	71
DB Vengsarkar	1	1976-1992	34	34	24.36	2.89	465	75
N Hussain	1	1990-2003	33	33	22.84	2.73	432	79
A Kumble	1	1992-2008	33	33	23.92	3.02	532	66
VVS Laxman	1	1996-2010	33	33	24.06	3.09	532	76
Mohammad Yousuf	1	1998-2010	33	33	24.06	3.09	538	72
MS Atapattu	1	1990-2007	32	32	23.84	2.92	547	81
IT Botham	1	1978-1992	32	32	21.06	2.62	315	64
ADR Campbell	1	1992-2002	32	32	22.00	2.45	422	63
AJ Lamb	1	1982-1992	32	32	21.84	2.73	430	82
JR Reid	1	1951-1965	32	32	18.25	1.91	413	26
N Kapil Dev	1	1978-1992	31	31	23.63	2.93	465	75
AC Parore	1	1990-2002	31	31	21.64	2.57	451	93
D Ganga	1	1998-2008	30	30	24.31	2.98	448	82
CS Martin	1	2000-2010	30	30	24.24	3.02	433	73
Mashrafe Mortaza	1	2001-2009	30	30	19.92	2.98	427	62

Guess what, Brian Lara is in the top of that list with 63 losses while Tendulkar in joint fourth position along with our famous Ashraful and Australian Allan Border.