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