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TLDR: I tried to replicate the ICC Test Batting Ratings formula from a 30-year-old book and got decently accurate results. Skip to Results for the graphs Link to spreadsheet where I did all my calculations Link to sections of the book that describes the algorithm For a while now I’ve been interested in finding the formula for how the ICC Player Ratings are calculated. I figured that, although it might be quite complex, there would be some complete formula or algorithm specified somewhere online. But alas, after quite a few google searches, I couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for. The most information I could find was from this site, which is either old and has been superseded by the more current site or was never official in the first place. So eventually, I decided it would be fun try to reverse engineer them for myself. Disclaimer: This was really just a proof of concept, the method I used was inexact and often not very scientific. If I wanted to do this properly, I’d probably need use a lot more sophisticated tools and software that I’m unaware of. All of this is to say that this is largely just to get the jist of the formula and I could be talking out my arse at points, but hopefully it is still interesting! The Ancient Sacred Texts In order for this to be remotely possible I needed data in the right format I needed to know what variables were actually taken into account. I had some idea of that from the aforementioned FAQ but I eventually found myself asking around on the member forums of the ACS (which if you haven’t heard of, I strongly suggest you check it out). They very kindly pointed me to this book, which provided almost all the information I needed to try to replicate the rankings. The final section of the book very handily gives a fairly detailed description of the algorithm used by the Deloitte Ratings, which went on to become the official ICC Ratings. However, it was written all the way back in 1990 and it is very possible that the rankings have changed quite a bit in the past 30 years. As well as this, there are some aspects that are left out that I had to guess/figure out for myself, which we’ll get onto later The Data Of course, I also needed to have all the data, from the description in the book I knew the raw data I needed to calculate the change in rankings after a match were as follows: · The scores of each batsman in each innings · Whether or not the batsman was not out at the end of his innings · The bowling rating of each bowler at the start of the match · The number of overs bowled by each bowler · The batting rating of all batsmen before the match · The winner of the match · The number of innings played by the batsman before the match Most of these things can be taken from the scorecard of a given match. I used CricketArchive because it seemed more consistent and easier to parse than cricinfo scorecards. Thankfully, you can also find the batting and bowling rankings at any given date in the history of Test Cricket online pretty easily here. So after messing around in Power Query for a few days I was able to fumble together a script that could take the scorecard link as input and then combine all this data together for all the batsmen involved in the match and spit it out. My dodgy script only worked completely on about half the matches I gave it and the webpages only show the top 100 at any given time (meaning you had to be in the top 100 batsmen both before and after the match for me to be able to find your rating), so after throwing it around 35 test matches since the start of 2017 I was left with 218 individual match performances as data points with which to experiment. The Algorithm Deriving the Match Score The ratings are a weighted average of scores given to each individual innings, and the book provides this equation for getting the new rating after an innings https://preview.redd.it/nxnloha7my061.png?width=572&format=png&auto=webp&s=ab24a8304af9aa5dd9ed523c204ef888a91a1fb9 *After looking at the book I tried to confirm the derivation of this formula but kept on ending up with (k * Old Rating * (1-k) instead of (k * Old Rating * (1-k^(n)). However, that through the numbers off so I think what is in the book is correct and not a typo. It would be really appreciated if someone could double check this though, and point to where I’m wrong if I am. Where k is the decay constant that they set at 0.95 (I assumed it hasn’t been change since then) and n is the number of innings played by that batsman before that innings. We only have the ratings before and after each match as that is when they are updated, but we can make an approximation that I will call Derived Match Score (DMS), by manipulating the equation to get https://preview.redd.it/52ktfva9my061.png?width=696&format=png&auto=webp&s=f729efc3b8ab1ce49505087147aecd0d046a81df In theory, DMS should be equal to the weighted average of the first and second innings scores given to the batsman in that match, so I can define Match Run Value (MRV) as follows, and then plot it against DMS to verify my results https://preview.redd.it/cuzvdlsamy061.png?width=479&format=png&auto=webp&s=dc61ca82ff458ba73d8967eb785251e61e00a393 Which leads us on to the meat of the problem… Calculating the Innings Scores This is the actual formula that gives a score to each innings, the book denotes this as Runs Value (RV) and the crux of the formula is as follows https://preview.redd.it/esjmnvzbmy061.png?width=544&format=png&auto=webp&s=6be7944fe125c654d7287f3cb5399c8ae1711d4f So what are all these variables? Runs is simply the number of runs scored in the innings. Average is the average runs per wicket over all of test cricket (the book states this as “approximately 31”, however I used 30.5 as it is closer to that now) MPF, IPF and Quality require a bit more explaining. MPF, or Match Pitch Factor can be thought of as the average runs per wicket during the match, however there is some nuances that I will get to later. Similarly, IPF is Innings Pitch Factor and can be thought of as the average runs per wicket of that innings (with the same caveats as MPF). Quality is a sort of expected average runs per wicket, which is derived as some function of the weighted average of the bowling ratings of the opposition bowlers (weighted by the number of overs each bowler bowled in that innings). You can sort of think of this formula as taking the runs scored by a batsman, making an adjustment for how difficult it was for the average batsman in that match, making a smaller adjustment for how difficult it was for the average batsman in that specific innings, and making a much bigger adjustment for the quality of opposition bowling. Also note that these adjustments are multiplicative, and that we’re still ending up with a score on the scale of runs. A batsman up against a perfectly average attack, in a perfectly average innings in a perfectly match will have the same Runs Value as the runs he made in that innings. Innings Pitch Factor and Match Pitch Factor This is the first place where there is a major lack of information in the book. Regarding the ratio of runs to wickets in a match, it states:
“Incomplete innings have to be adjusted first, as 180 for 2 would very rarely be equivalent to 900 all out. A separate formula thus transforms the simple ratio of runs per wicket to the much more important sounding ‘match pitch factor’ (although, it should be stressed, the actual pitch is not being assessed in any way)”
The only problem is that they don’t give any formula for this, so I was stuck. Ultimately, with no information on the functional form of said formula, the only way I could treat this was to guess a reasonable function and continue from there. I decided the most reasonable assumption to make was that MPF was simply the average of the IPF for each innings, and that I would calculate “my” IPF as follows. Consider the average percentage of innings runs scored by the fall of the nth wicket, and denote it as C(n). I found data for partnerships in this paper, and used it as a proxy (I know that adding all the means and finding the cumulative percentage is not necessarily the same thing, but I figured it was a good enough approximation for my purposes).
Wicket
Average Runs By Fall of Wicket
C(W)
1
36.6
0.122
2
72.9
0.242
3
114.3
0.380
4
157.9
0.525
5
192.5
0.640
6
225.6
0.750
7
250
0.831
8
271.5
0.903
9
287
0.954
10
300.7
1
Then calculate IPF by projecting what the completed innings score of an incomplete innings was likely to be, after considering this table, and dividing by 10. So if an innings is declared on R runs and W wickets, then https://preview.redd.it/puv3nkezeu061.png?width=162&format=png&auto=webp&s=2af97a43c02011d1faf8edd9ea7da1fd5adc3a88 This IPF isn’t perfect, but it made a slight increase to the accuracy of the results Quality After sorting out the IPF and MPF I still had to figure out how to calculate the Quality variable. As with the other 2, the book doesn’t give a formula or really any hints towards it other than it uses the weighted average of bowler’s ratings. So I made the assumption that it could be approximated by the basic formula https://preview.redd.it/jfojiclemy061.png?width=407&format=png&auto=webp&s=c4023f84034d8a5c4092f4ed3d362d73f1d8d7b7 Where a and b were parameters to be estimated. I thought I could use a simple linear regression on this with the data I had, but I couldn’t easily extract the quality rating from the derived match score (for reasons I’ll get too soon). I considered trying to make this estimation based on a regression predicting the actual innings totals in the matches from the bowler’s ratings - that is what the Quality variable is supposed to account for – but the data for that would be too noisy to do it properly. So I ended up to resorting to the, not very scientific, method of using Excel's solver to find values that best fit the data, then rounding them to correct significant figures. I was left with a = 1800 and b = 30. Adjustments The book then describes adjustments made taking into account the result of the match. I won't cover them in detail here because this post is already massively long and they are in the pages of the book I linked to above if you are interested. Basically, batsmen with high scores in winning games have their score for that innings increased proportionally to how well they did, whilst low scores in losing efforts get quite severely punished. It was all described completely which was nice as it meant I didn't have to do any guesswork but the fact the adjustments were there meant that it wasn't simple to directly work out Quality as a function of the oppositions bowling ratings. There are also adjustments made for if a batsman finishes not out but they aren't described at all beyond a brief mention so I decided to omit them from this. Dampening First Innings In order that a player doesn't reach the top of the rankings immediately if they have a particularly good debut. The book puts it like this:
"The system works for all but the newest Test players, who for the first few games of their career have their ratings damped by gradually decreasing percentages to stop them rising too high and too quickly. But after ten innings (for a batsman) or 40 wickets (for a bowler), ratings are no longer damped - after then, players are on their own
It is unclear here whether or not this means that their real rating is kept and used to calculate new ratings, which then reduced by a different percentage after each match, or if a player's first innings simply gets counted for less forever. As it was simpler to implement, I chose the later. So now a player only ever receives a given percentage -p- of points for his first inning, and the percentage of points he receives for his second and third innings, and so on, are increased linearly until his -n-th inning, at which point all innings are worth full points in the ratings. So we have parameters p and n to consider Using the same method as that used to estimate the a and b parameters for Quality, I determined that p = 50% and n = 10. In other words, a players first inning is worth 50%, and this increases until his 10th Inning which is worth 100%. Results So how does my hacked together approximation of the ratings compare? As mentioned, the MRV should be equivalent to DMS (up to a transformation). If we plot them together we see that they agree pretty well with each other. In fact MRV can explain roughly 90% of the variation in DMS https://preview.redd.it/9m0k8fmlmy061.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=ce4a5a3dc88509129fcc7227b800f81d4dc27454 You may wonder why this isn't a trendline with equation y = x, but rather y = 22.2x +79.9. This was to be expected as the ratings (and therefore DMS) are all based on a scale of 0 to 1000 whereas Innings Scores (and therefore MRV) are still always on the scale of runs. But we can use the information from this graph to convert each Innings Score into the correct scale. Then we can use the first equation of this post to work out the rating after the first innings, given the rating before the match and the newly converted innings score for a batsman's first inning. We can then predict what the rating should've been after the match using the calculated rating after the first innings and the second innings score. This gives us a set of ratings that we calculated using our algorithm, along with the actual ratings calculated by the ICC after the match. Plotting them together looks like this https://preview.redd.it/r99idlynmy061.png?width=453&format=png&auto=webp&s=7994b26a8a98377ec7dcdda91c7db765ce034a75 That's an incredibly close fit, but can be a bit misleading, as ratings after a match would be close to the rating before the match, which we use in our calculations anyway. It would be more informative to take a look at the change in the ratings compared to the predicted change in the ratings. https://preview.redd.it/ls3xc45qmy061.png?width=487&format=png&auto=webp&s=4b7f8e23822c46227fecc40ef8209b92edec76b7 So this is still a good fit. In fact, this algorithm can explain nearly 92% of the variance in the change in official ratings after a test match. Is that good? I'll leave that for you to decide. In theory it should be possible to get it pretty close to 100% as we're trying to predict a process which is itself driven by an algorithm and completely non-random. Still I think this shows we have an algorithm who's results tend to line-up pretty well with those of the official ratings, and I think it was not too bad for a first try. Where do the uncertainties lie? I think the biggest uncertainties are in that we don't really know what sort of function the Quality, MPF and IPF variables follow, and it seems impossible to ever know that with certainty. Similarly, there are a lot of parameters to be determined. There were at least 4 that were determined here and hey are all linked together in complicated ways its impossible to take one in isolation and determine its value. Even more parameters were taken as given and could've been changed since the book came out. The nonlinear weights for each factor as well as the decay constant were examples. If I had not considered them fixed I don't think I would've had enough data to confidently determine every parameter. So next time more data and more sophisticated parameter estimation techniques would be required. What next? The first thing I wanna do with this is to forecast the changes in ratings after each test in India's tour of Australia. That way I can test if it actually works on new data it hasn't seen before, or if its complete junk. Also, now that we have a similar process for determining rankings as that used in test. We could use it to make our own batting rankings for first class competitions. I think that would be really cool and interesting, if say we had a complete rankings table for the County Championship The obvious next step is to work out the bowlers ratings, but they are even more hideous than this algorithm, so I'll leave it a bit for now. Would be interesting to come back to some time in the future though. If someone who actually knows what they're can pick this apart or point out a flaw in what I've done, I'd love to hear from you. I'm genuinely curious as to how someone would go about doing this sort of thing, and I'd love to learn more (even if it necessitates telling me this is complete garbage)! If you made it this far thanks for taking the time to read this!
Full disclosure. I am Australian. I’m a huge fan of Australian cricket and hate the idea of losing the Ashes like every Aussie should. However, I spent 2019 in England and watched the full Ashes series either live at the ground or on TV. I definitely feel like I noticed so much more about the strengths and weaknesses of the England team, watching them in their home conditions, compared to usually only watching a session or two in a day before it’s a ridiculous hour of the night when back in Aus. It took Australia 18 years to get their formula right to bring the urn back with them after a trip to English soil. England have had two disastrous trips to Australia since their 2010/11 triumph, a combined 9-0 defeat from the 10 most recent tests in Aus. It’s a long way away I know. But here are my thoughts on how England can beat Australia in Australia in 2020/21
BRING THE HEAT - MARK WOOD MUST PLAY
England’s fundamental flaw in their previous two series in Australia has been their toothless bowling attack. They have lacked any bowlers with enough pace to trouble the Australian top six, especially when the conditions are not conducive to a lot of seam or swing. It goes without saying that Jofra Archer is a rising star of Test cricket. He bowled some extraordinarily quick spells at the Aussies in 2019 with the now infamous one at Lords where he struck Steve Smith. Jofra has played BBL in Australia, can bowl long spells and has control. He is a walk up start and will be critical in order to rattle Australia’s established trifecta of Warner, Labuschagne and Smith. I know that’s an obvious point. If fit, Jofra is a certain starter in the first test at Brisbane 2021. The more important point is this: Mark Wood MUST be there also if England want to win. Wood and Archer together on Australian pitches is an exciting prospect, and would provide the point of difference England need to take 20 Australian wickets required to win a Test match. Brisbane and Perth will suit them both beautifully. In Adelaide and Melbourne, their extra pace is going to be a huge factor in extracting something out of the more docile pitches. England need both of them to win.
LEAVE JIMMY OUT
I’m going to shoot Bambi here so look away now if you’re firmly in the pro-Jimmy camp. Anderson recently hinted on social media that both he and Broad are targeting a final Ashes tour in 2021/22, which looms as a career swan song for definitely Anderson, and likely both of them. The thing I found spending time in England is that English supporters have very rosy red glasses on when they talk about Anderson. He’s their golden boy, their highest wicket taker, and you’ll be shouted down if you suggest he’s anything other than one of the greatest ever. And in home conditions, I absolutely agree. But let’s be honest here. Compare his statistics to any of the other modern greats - McGrath, Steyn etc - and Anderson sits at least one rung below them. Plus his record in Australia is very ordinary. His 2013/14 series yielded just 14 wickets at an average of 43 and a strike rate of 81. The next trip to Aus in 2017/18 saw him collect 17 wickets, six of which came in the day/night Test in Adelaide. He averaged 27 for the tour and was more economical than the previous, but his strike rate was still a whopping 78. That’s just 31 wickets in his previous 10 tests in the hot Australian sun. Jimmy will be 39 years of age when the next Ashes series rolls around. His very best is behind him, and it’s hard to see how he could possibly improve on those numbers on another tour. England can not possibly expect to win in Australia if Anderson plays any more than ONE Test. The one and only Test he should be considered for is the Day/Night Test in Adelaide. That is it. He is suited to the pink ball and the added swing and seam that comes with the twilight/night conditions. And it shouldn’t matter if he took a 5-fa in both innings in that Adelaide Test. You can not pick him for the following Test in Perth where the conditions just don’t suit him, plain and simple. However, if Anderson does decide that the 2021/22 Ashes will be his final Tests before retirement, I don’t think the ECB will be strong enough to leave him out of the side. There will be much hype about his retirement on English shores, and dropping him on his farewell tour would outrage the English public. It even has the potential to fracture the dressing room if not handled correctly, with all players needing to be on the same page. But, the point is clear. England need to adopt a ‘horses for courses’ selection attitude and receive a buy-in to the ideology from the entire touring squad if they want the little urn back. And Jimmy isn’t the man for the job.
PICK YOUR BEST WICKETKEEPER
This one is hardly revolutionary and seems to be a pretty commonly held belief amongst the English cricketing public. England have chopped and changed between Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler for their wicketkeeping duties, with both unable to really cement their position with any consistent performances with the bat in recent times. Watching Buttler pretty closely in 2019, my personal view is that if he’s not wicketkeeping, he’s shouldn’t be in the team. His batting is unreliable, loose at times, and he just doesn’t seem to take the Test arena by the scruff of the neck like he can in limited overs cricket. Australia’s pace battery will lick their lips if Buttler is selected regardless, and it’s suicidal for England if it’s purely as a batsman. England just need to pick their best wicketkeeper. If that’s Buttler - fine - his batting average of 30 is serviceable if he’s the best wicketkeeper in the country. Similarly, if the best keeper is Bairstow - great - his batting has a slight edge over Buttler for mine, plus he has a century to his name on Australian shores. Ben Foakes seems to be highly rated among English cricket fans, and many suggested to me that he’s the best keeper. I haven’t seen enough of him to judge him. But if he’s your best keeper, that’s his primary role, and he should play. It’s unrealistic to try and get these guys to contribute the runs of a top 6 batsman while also donning the gloves. Guys like Gilchrist are hard to find - reminder that Australia haven’t found one since. A solid top six with a contribution from the keeper needs to be the English blueprint to win back the urn.
FIND A NUMBER 3 BATSMAN
Joe Denly isn’t the answer. An average of 31 batting at number 3 for the 2019 Ashes series spells danger if he was to travel to Australia in the same role. By 2021/22 I think two of Burns, Sibley and Crawley will have emerged as an opening pairing and be solid enough to make meaningful contributions for England. It will be interesting to see who cements those opening positions. But the question of a number three is proving difficult. Even Australia haven’t had a really consistent and solid number three until the emergence of Labuschagne, but in 2017/18 Usman Khawaja managed 333 runs including a top score of 171 and two other half centuries. My point being, England don’t need to find a Joe Root clone to bat at 3. They just need to find someone who can make a valuable contribution, as Khawaja did in 2017/18. Joe Denly doesn’t fill me with that confidence. Some tinkering required for England here in the 18 months lead up.
OPERATION: EXPLOIT STARC
This will be tough, no doubt. But Starc is the weakest link in a pace battery that is scarily good when all on song. That is, he is not weak, but the weakest. Mitchell Starc has the most obvious weakness compared to Cummins, Hazlewood and Pattinson - he can spray it everywhere when he’s not firing. This is the blueprint: restrict his wickets, make his economy rate explode. England have just two Tests to get on top of Starc. The first in Brisbane, and the second a likely D/N fixture in Adelaide. If there are no doubts about Starc’s selection by the time the series heads to Perth, it’ll be as good as over for England. They need to plunder him everywhere in those first two Tests to rattle the Australian dressing room. Assuming he is fit, Starc will definitely be picked for the first Test in Brisbane. A typically lively pitch with good pace and carry, it suits Starc’s natural abilities. However, if England’s top six can manage to negate his influence by punishing his loose deliveries and not allow him to bully an exposed tail end, it will go a long way to denting his confidence. England winning or drawing that first Test match will further put pressure on the Australian selectors, as one more poor performance from Starc will force them to go back to a more economical bowling line up and select James Pattinson (who is no slouch, but is the lesser of the two evils). The Barmy Army may be required in the same way they managed to affect Mitchell Johnson. It’s not over there though, as Starc is the king of pink ball cricket and will certainly be selected for the second Test in Adelaide regardless of his performance in Brisbane. He has the most wickets in pink ball Tests, and his frightening pace and whippy action are a nightmare to face in the twilight period. England’s ability to withstand Starc’s pink ball bowling will be a pivotal deciding factor in the Adelaide Test. There are a few important implications for the series if England can knock Starc out of the series by the end of the Adelaide Test. • Starc creates footmarks for Nathan Lyon. With Starc out of the team, there will be no major footmarks outside the off stump for Lyon to bowl into, negating his influence in the remaining three Tests. Particularly important in Perth and Melbourne which are not known spinning pitches. • Lack of variation. With Starc the only left arm bowler on the cusp of Australian national selection, it would force the selection of James Pattinson to partner Cummins and Hazlewood - all right arm bowlers who are more similar in nature If England can get on top of Starc and manage to be 1-0 in front or 1-1 after two Tests, with Starc not selected for Perth and no footmarks for Lyon from then on, that will be a massive advantage to England in regaining the Ashes. Feel free to add your thoughts and opinions. And please add some other strategies on how you think England can challenge us here in Australia. Because let’s face it, we want a classic series not another typically limp England performance in Aus! TL;DR - England need to do these five things to win back the Ashes in 2021/22:
Select Mark Wood along with Archer
Leave Anderson out, consider for Adelaide ONLY
Pick the best wicketkeeper, largely ignore batting abilities
Find a number 3 who can contribute, doesn’t have to be the next Joe Root
Exploit Mitchell Starc, have him out of the series by the third Test in Perth
With the influx of Make Your Own XI posts recently, I've begun thinking about what makes a good ODI team. Whilst I can come up with muliple names for every other batting position, the number seven slot continues to confuse me. Number 7 is a specialist position, with batsmen often coming into score quick runs or save a collapse. In the modern game, most number seven's are expected to have a secondary skill, considering that they face relatively fewer balls than their peers up the order. So, needing something to do whilst procrastinating the growing amount if uni work I have, I decided to spend half an hour looking at what makes a good ODI number seven. Quick warning; this is my first attempt at any statistical cricket analysis and it is not very good. Firstly, let's look at what skills I (and probably many of you) think a good ODI number 7 needs:
A capable batsman
Quick scoring ability
A secondary skill to their batting (wicketkeeping, bowling)
With wicketkeeping being incredibly hard to quantify, I decided to focus on bowling all rounders. My qualifiers for this analysis were:
Only players who have played after 2010. I couldn't be bothered adjusting for eras.
Scored minimum 200 runs at number 7.
Needed to have batted at 7 for at least 30% of their batting innings. This was to disqualify batsmen like Steve Smith who have batted at 7 because of poor selection, shuffling of batting orders etc.
Needed to have bowled at least in 20 innings. I wanted some meaningful bowling data.
These qualifiers left me 23 batsmen, with some notable exclusions and and some unexpected inclusions. Ordered by runs scored at 7 Given the data, I combined the three variables I deemed most important into a singular number, batting average, batting strike rate and bowling average. It should be noted that the batting stats are only for when the player batted at number 7 whereas the bowling stats are career. I used a fairly crude formula, which I'll call the all rounder rating (R): R = (BatAve + BatSR)/BowlAve edited: previously had a multiplication of BatAve and BatSR, but I'd uploaded the wrong table I then found the z-score for each player's all rounder rating. Ordered by Z-Score Whilst maligned on this sub, Afridi tops the rankings, his rating boosted by his high strike rate and relatively low bowling average. A suprising inclusion is Ryan McLaren, whose rather ordinary batting record is negated by the best bowling average in the sample. Overall, the table toppers are not players who are regularly in the discussion for a place in an ODI XI of the decade. But it's worth noting since balancing all the facets of batting at 7 is no mean feat. Some other players (who didn't qualify) and their ratings: Maxwell: 3.27 Russell: 4.74 Neesham: 4.26 Pollard: 3.06 Matthews: 4.09
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A: Let the President of the Philippines curse at them! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No one dared to break the PLDT’s internet speed record. It gives the slowest internet speed in the world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Did you hear about the telecom giant PLDT becoming a major sponsor in a Formula 1 racing event? They took the last place in the 100 – lap race and finished the race long after the event ended. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I’ve heard in the news the telecom giant PLDT gives the fastest internet speed in the Philippines over Globe. We’ll this is not different than having only two students flexing on each other. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Overheard from a YouTube comment: Hubble expansion: I’m the slowest thing in the universe! PLDT: Hold my beer…. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If the Pulitzer – prize winning film critic Roger Ebert was to review the film called “PLDT”: Here we have watched the film “PLDT”, an excruciatingly – slow three – hour film. Despite its impressive technical achievements and overarching production values that almost rivals the epic movie “Titanic”, the film ends up as an underwhelming and its ensemble cast were poorly underutilized, preferring special effects over substance. It was directed without grace and vision and the most annoying thing is how they marketed the film, touting as the next “Avatar” due to its potential technical prowess and originality that promised the future moviegoers a visual treat of the lifetime, only to be underwhelmed by their shoddy writing and heartless direction. Moviegoers might be awed at the cinematic gizmos created for the film but they would just forget it and consider it a disposable trash, and couple it with film’s very slow pace that I noticed that babies stopped crying midway between the film, their moms were fast asleep and looked bored and my fellow critics beside me were appalled how such a film could have such a bad performance; from writing, directing, and to the lesser extent, acting. The lead characters performed pretty satisfactorily and their supporting characters have somewhat wooden acting. The only characters I admired were the background extras just doing some mediocre tasks, but at least they’re doing it pretty well. If this movie would get nominations for an Oscar, the nominations would go to their background characters and visual effects for the awfully – slow “PLDT”. The film “PLDT” is a science – fiction with promising premise, unprecedented budget but with an underwhelming impact. What were the producers thinking when they greenlight such big of an albatross, only flopping in box office and receive scathing reviews from critics and audiences alike? When a particular enterprise was designed to pump out profits without any artistic merit and risk, this is what you get; an overblown, very slow and underwhelming film which didn’t broke any grounds despite the massive budget. The film’s ticket is pretty expensive too and the audiences didn’t get what they paid for. This film is essentially a cash grab. I would rate the film “PLDT” one out of possible four stars, with zero stars being the lowest grade, because the film is disappointing, slow and expensive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have some prizes for the winners in this competition. The first prize is a PLDT WiFi modem. The second prize is two PLDT WiFi modems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You know you are playing an online game in a very difficult mode if your internet service provider is PLDT. Who else would they give you a ping of 789 milliseconds from a host player who is only fifty meters away? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What is the difference between PLDT and a bat? A: One was a bloodsucking, soulless bastard. The other one is just a mammal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Philippines was ranked highest among the 200 countries with the average length of time spent watching porn, but I really don’t believe it because those Filipinos were just waiting for the video to load after half an hour. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I think PLDT was having an existential crisis. Who would have thought that having the best telecom equipment would give such a disappointing internet service? Does PLDT wants to be a very good internet service provider or just wants to be a turtle? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What is the definition of a miracle? A: PLDT that actually gives a fast internet connection, PLDT overtaking South Korean internet service providers in providing fast and reliable internet connection, and PLDT having a heart toward its customers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We should rename the telecom giant PLDT as “Jitter”, because all it ever does is give us jitters more than decent internet speeds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Having PLDT as your internet service provider for your company is akin to driving a Formula one car having a bad and unpredictable steering wheel during a race. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The three men were drinking on the bar and bragging who got the fastest internet speeds. First guy: My internet, Verizon, was so fast that when I go to speedtest.com to measure the internet speed it registered a download speed of 50 Mbps! No wonder it took an eighth of a second to load a Wikipedia page. Second Guy: Your internet is too slow, my friend. My internet, a South Korean one, was so fast that it registered a download speed of 250 Mbps in the internet speed test that it took me few minutes to download a 3 GB movies from yify.com! Third Guy: Both of your internet are too slow for me. I got the fastest internet connection from PLDT. It registered a very fast speed of 56 kbps and it will take me whole day to download Crysis from piratebay.com The two men were astounded and appalled what the third guy have said and bursted out laughing. The second guy said, “What makes you think that you have a very fast internet? This guy here has 50 Mbps internet speed, I have 250 Mbps and you have 56 kbps!” The third guy replies, “I work at PLDT. I can’t complain!” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What do you get when you cross PLDT and Globe? A: Everything slows down. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What do you get when you cross PLDT and a horse? A: A technology as slow as a horse carriage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I made a PLDT joke, but it might be too slow to get it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subscribers: Alright guys. What do we want! Verizon: Very fast internet! South Korean ISP: Lightning fast internet! PLDT: (crickets chirping) Subscribers: When do we want! Verizon: As soon as possible! South Korean ISP: Now! PLDT: ……… . . . Also PLDT: ……..Moneeeeeeey! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How many PLDT technicians does it take to change a lightbulb? A: One. They’re the only ones who work even if the PLDT’s services never improved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: Would you date a PLDT customer care representative? A: Hell yes! They’re the most patient people I know. Just imagine dealing with people who only came to PLDT offices when the problem becomes unbearable while they having built an anger after years of neglect and suffering from very bad and slow internet connection. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What do you call to a PLDT guy who claims that they offer fast internet speeds and have upgraded their systems? A: A liar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: Santa Claus, a unicorn, a kind PLDT executive and a drunk guy went out from the bar and finds a Php 1000 bill (20 USD). Who gets it? A: Of course, the drunk guy. The other three don’t exist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: Why do Filipinos keep on using PLDT and Globe as their internet service providers when they all know that they offer very slow internet connection at a steep price? A: People have no choice but to choose between the two lesser evils. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My PLDT internet connection was so slow that my 100 – year old grandmother has told me her entire life before a Wikipedia page fully loads. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What do you call a PLDT with very fast internet connection? A: A unicorn. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poor boy was sleeping on the street when he noticed a shiny lamp. He caressed the lamp and suddenly a magical genie appeared before him. The genie gleefully said, “Thank you for setting me free from the prison after thousand years! In exchange for your kindness, I will grant you three wishes and your life will be changed, forever. I will grant your wish in a blink of an eye!” “Yes! My life will improve when I my wishes become true!” the poor boy exclaimed. “Let’s make that happen, my dear. What is you first wish?” “I wish that my slow – ass PLDT connection to have the fastest internet possible!” “Done! You still have the three wishes. I just give an exception to your wish this time because you really do have a poor and very slow internet connection”, said the genie. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I had a dollar every time the PLDT’s internet connection slows or stops, I could actually buy PLDT and make it better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How many people does it take to fix a very slow PLDT internet connection? A: None. Just choose other internet service providers and throw away the PLDT WiFi modem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What is the maximum speed of a PLDT internet connection? A: 9.8 m/s2, only downwards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A man goes into an electronics shop and asks the technician, “Can I get some spare cables for my PLDT WiFi modem?”. The technician thought for a minute and said, “Sounds like a fair swap”. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You know you are marriageable person if you were able to use PLDT’s internet connection for so long that you learned to be patient, you learned to accept its flaws, you can’t change things, they promise but underdeliver, and learned to live with 0.5 Mbps internet connection. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amateurs want 150 Mbps internet connection in online games. Middle ranks want 75 Mbps internet connection in online games. Legends use PLDT’s 5 Mbps internet connection in online games. Plot twist: average speed of PLDT internet connection if the plan was 5 Mbps is 0.5 Mbps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What is this thing that is very slow to work and burns cash easily? A: A PLDT internet connection. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What is PLDT’s favorite shape? A: A circle, because it just likes to keep loading. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I’ve heard from the news that the famous actress Liza Soberano was getting pampered by PLDT when they heard that she complained about a very slow internet connection and they give her an emergency WiFi while l‘m here like still waiting from PLDT’s assistance fourteen days after I reported a problem. I guess I’ll just get married, establish myself a very good career and die a happy man before a PLDT customer care representative could assign a technician to check our internet connection. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I was thinking of switching my favorite internet service provider to PLDT so that I could make better jokes about PLDT. Talk about method joking! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I first met my wife in a PLDT office where she used to work there as a customer care representative and I was there to file a complaint about their very slow internet connection. I kept on coming back to her office to see some progress about my complaint but it has been nine months since I filed and it seems to be getting nowhere and we found ourselves falling in love with each other. I learned that having PLDT internet connection (which is very slow) might be advantageous at certain times and we were still wondering if my complaint is still being looked into years after we became married. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLDT goes into the psychologist’s office because he was being ridiculed for being so slow and expensive, leading him to get a depression. The psychologist emphatically said, “PLDT, I know the feeling of being ridiculed by the people because of your weakness, but have you tried on improving it?” “Yes”, said the teary – eyed PLDT. “What were some things that you have done to improve yourself? Did you try to make your internet connection faster to please the people?” the psychologist inquired. “I worked harder just to give them the needed internet speed but it seems that they will never be contented”, the PLDT said. “Have you tried sharing your traffic to your peers so that you can have less burden and serve the people better?” “No” “Why” PLDT pondered for few minutes and declared, “What peer?” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How do you make PLDT roll in their graves? A: Tell them you have switched to better internet connection. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ These are the average pings of internet service providers in a certain online game. For Globe: 150 milliseconds For Bayantel: 180 milliseconds For SkyCable: 200 milliseconds For PLDT: 250 milliseconds For PLDT (if you have contacts to PLDT executives): 50 milliseconds For PLDT (if you have contacts to PLDT executives and have money): 25 milliseconds For PLDT (if you have contacts to politicians, PLDT executives and have money): 10 milliseconds For PLDT (if you have contacts to politicians, PLDT executives, have money and is famous): 5 milliseconds For PLDT (if you have contacts to politicians, PLDT executives, have money and is famous and you are Liza Soberano): 2 milliseconds For PLDT (if you don’t have contacts to politicians and PLDT executives, have no money, not famous and you are ugly): 999 milliseconds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How does someone sell a PLDT internet package to people even if it has a reputation of having a crawling internet connection and very slow customer assistance? A: They don’t have to. People have no choice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I was thinking of naming my pet sloth “PLDT” because it’s so slow as fuck. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If the Philippine government was run by PLDT, we would pay exorbitant taxes while receiving very slow and bad public services. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How do you make the 100 million Filipino people happy all at once? A: Replace the PLDT with a much better and faster internet service provider. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I always blame the PLDT why my girlfriend and I got separated after being together for four years. It started with a rather pleasant conversation over the Skype chat. It goes like this: Me: Hi honey! I’ll be coming to your house today at seven o’clock in the evening to see you and watch some movies with you. Luck is on our side because your parents approved of our meeting and they will actually prepare us a dinner when I will get there. I really loved you and your parents for supporting us in our relationship and I hope that this will never end. Aside from that, I’m bringing a surprise gift for your family. See you when I see you, dearest! While I pressed “Send” on the keyboard, the PLDT internet connection suddenly becomes very slow and due to pocket loss, the message my girlfriend received look like this: (From Me): Hi!..I’ll.............................................................................................................................................................. ............................Fuck.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................your................................................. .....................................................................................Asss............................................................................ ........................ See you...........................! My girlfriend then replied to me after an hour, saying, Girlfriend: What is this message you sent me? Do you really love me or are you just after of my body? That’s it, I’m breaking up with you! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The two telecom giant PLDT and Globe bragging about how fast their internet connections speeds are akin to two drunk people arguing which one of them is less drunk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Did you hear about the newly – discovered sex position called “PLDT”? Your partner will give you money, you’ll come in very slow until your partner complains about your slowness and disappointed of your performance, then you’ll slap her with another bill! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How do you describe PLDT in four words? A: Slow, slow, slow and slow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will never eat in a PLDT restaurant. The order was so slow, the food is disappointing and the price is expensive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I’m an American online gamer and I always go to SEA (Southeast Asia) server to fight players there, especially the Filipino gamers because they are skilled. I often avoid players that use PLDT as their internet provider because when I fight them, I would face lag and we often get beaten. Sometimes the host goes to the enemy team, we really get beaten repeatedly that it would took me half a day to playing again due to frustration. It’s pretty easy to know what kind of internet providers the players were using by looking at their ping. For PLDT users, it’s 300 milliseconds or more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What do you get when you cross PLDT and Globe? A: Everything slows down. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Did you hear about PLDT guaranteeing a minimum internet connection speed of 1.5 Mbps? I’m still waiting for it after five years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: Can Chick Norris make PLDT give a very fast internet connection? A: No. PLDT would no longer exist because it would be roundhouse kicked and replaced by Chuck Norris internet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seduce PLDT in four words. - Be fast, be cheap. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A class of electronics engineering students visited the PLDT technical facility. The staff showed to the students their state of the art telecommunications equipment, fiber optics and metallic boxes that dotted the facility, leaving the student in awe. One of the students, curious of what he sees, asked the staff, “Wow! This facility is amazing and new, but why is it that they give a rather slow internet connection?” To which the PLDT staff replied, “Well, you need at least the Congress to compel us to increase the internet speed.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How does a PLDT kid count and say the alphabet? A: 0, 6, 9, k, b, p, s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What is the PLDT’s favorite number? A: 69, because they fucked the entire nation with their very slow internet! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: Why is it that PLDT internet connection slows down when the time reaches 4:20 PM every day? A: Because they just want to get “high” on pings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: How do you get a PLDT executive to lose his erection? A: Whisper to him “150 Mbps at 500 pesos (10 USD)”. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are actually two kinds of internet service providers. Those that supply a decent internet connection, and there’s PLDT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Girlfriend: Come into my house, I’m alone. PLDT guy: I can’t. I’m at work. Girlfriend: My parents aren’t home... . . . And the PLDT guy wasn’t able to come to his girlfriend’s house because he was too slow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A PLDT executive dies and goes to Pearly Gates. As he approached, he was happily greeted by St. Peter while caressing his pet rooster. St. Peter said, “We actually have two rooms to choose from; Heaven and Hell. I’m going to hand you the keys to those rooms and decide where you like to spend your eternity, so choose wisely.” St. Peter then proceeded to guide the PLDT executive to Heaven to check the place. In Heaven, he sees a serene landscape, peaceful place, angels playing harp, birds chirping and have a decent internet connection. The PLDT executive the checked the Hell and sees how exciting the life is there. He sees his fellow PLDT executives merrying, drinking wine, playing golf and using the PLDT’s top – of – the – line internet connection that gives a very fast internet experience. When he finished checking the two rooms, the PLDT executive says to St. Peter, “In Heaven, the atmosphere was serene and peaceful, but I would like to choose Hell because it’s much more exciting there. They got a very fast internet connection and the people living there have much fun.” St. Peter responded, “Ohhhh, I see. Okay, you can go to Hell now.” The whole ground shook and the Pearly Gates was immediately replaced with towering fire and a stench full of sulfur. The PLDT executive was very confused and complained, “What happened to wines, golf, and very fast internet connection? Where are they?” The Devil suddenly appeared at his back and said, “Yesterday we were advertising. Today you subscribed!”
Who is the Greatest Six Hitter in ODI Cricket of all time?
Well, this is an easy question isn’t it? Whoever hit the Most Sixes is the Greatest. Duh. That player hit more Sixes than anyone ever, how can they not be the greatest? Let’s have a look who it is…
Shahid Afridi – 351 Sixes in 398 Matches
CH Gayle – 314 Sixes in 289 Matches
ST Jayasuriya – 270 Sixes in 445 Matches
MS Dhoni – 224 Sixes in 341 Matches
RG Sharma – 218 Sixes in 206 Matches
AB de Villiers – 204 Sixes in 228 Matches
BB McCullum – 200 Sixes in 260 Matches
SR Tendulkar – 195 Sixes in 463 Matches
SC Ganguly – 190 Sixes in 311 Matches
EJG Morgan – 189 Sixes in 222 Matches
MJ Guptill – 164 Sixes in 169 Matches
RT Ponting – 162 Sixes in 375 Matches
Yuvraj Singh – 155 Sixes in 304 Matches
CL Cairns – 153 Sixes in 215 Matches
AC Gilchrist – 149 Sixes in 287 Matches
Shahid Afridi comfortably leads this category, although Gayle could overtake him if he has a good world cup. All the big names are all there; de Villiers, McCullum, Sachin, Ponting. I wouldn’t say there are too many surprises in this list. So there you have it Shahid Afridi is the greatest six hitt-, wait hang on a minute. Ganguly has played 90 more matches, yet only scored one more six than Morgan… Is he really a greater six hitter than Morgan? What if I considered how many sixes were hit per innings? And also how many balls it took per six, to consider the batsmen who come in lower down the order and don’t face as many balls per innings. Yes ok that could be a good idea, but wait does that mean I need to do more analysis? Yes? Ugh alright then, here we go. Let’s have a look at Sixes per innings, with a minimum of 30 sixes hit:
SO Hetmyer – 1.50 Sixes per innings
HH Pandya – 1.24 Sixes per innings
AD Russell – 1.23 Sixes per innings
CJ Anderson – 1.22 Sixes per innings
MP Stoinis – 1.16 Sixes per innings
KA Pollard – 1.16 Sixes per innings
CH Gayle – 1.11 Sixes per innings
Rizwan Cheema – 1.09 Sixes per innings
RG Sharma – 1.09 Sixes per innings
JC Buttler – 1.08 Sixes per innings
YK Pathan – 1.05 Sixes per innings
Najibullah Zadran – 1.02 Sixes per innings
MJ Guptill – 0.99 Sixes per innings
R Powell – 0.97 Sixes per innings
GJ Maxwell – 0.97 Sixes per innings
Well this measure is definitely better. All these players are well-known for their big hitting, and Hetmyer especially has burst onto the scene and really shown his batting prowess. Maybe you’d expect to see de Villiers (17th with 0.94) and McCullum (25th with 0.88) in the top fifteen to name a few but they are both still up there, and it is worth mentioning that they were much better than just ‘power players’ like the names above. For what it's worth, Rahul Dravid takes bottom spot, 196th with a measly 0.13 sixes per innings. Now let’s look at Balls per Six, which will better accommodate the lower order batsmen who have less balls to construct an innings, again minimum 30 sixes hit:
AD Russell – 14.2 Balls per Six
YK Pathan – 16.6 Balls per Six
HH Pandya – 17.4 Balls per Six
CJ Anderson – 18.5 Balls per Six
Rizwan Cheema – 19.6 Balls per Six
Shahid Afridi – 19.6 Balls per Six
DJG Sammy – 22.3 Balls per Six
KA Pollard – 22.4 Balls per Six
SO Hetmyer – 22.3 Balls per Six
BL Cairns – 23.0 Balls per Six
NLTC Perera – 23.9 Balls per Six
JC Buttler – 25.2 Balls per Six
GJ Maxwell – 25.4 Balls per Six
DR Smith – 26.3 Balls per Six
R Powell – 26.9 Balls per Six
This list is very similar to the Sixes per Innings list, as it should be, but lower order batsman like Russell, Sammy and Perera rise up the list, while good batsman who face a lot of balls, like Gayle, Sharma and Guptill fall down the list. Amid all the change there is one constant. In last again is Dravid with 363.9 Balls per Six, which is impressive in how high that is. So it seems that Russell and Pandya, who are in the top 3 for both measures are the greatest so that settles that then. Thanks for readi-. Oh hang on again, I’ve just realised something. Let’s have a look at this graph here, posted by chance by a random (most likely very handsome) redditor. The graph is for INDIVIDUAL innings, and shows that average balls needed to hit a six has fallen from 131 balls in 2000 to 52 balls in 2019 (*up to CWC 2019), and therefore sixes hit in an average individual innings has increased from 0.24 sixes per individual innings in 2000 to 0.60 in 2019. If you take this further back the values for 1980 and 1990 for Sixes per Innings is 0.14 and 0.27 respectively and for Balls per Six for 1980 and 1990 is 433 and 203 respectively. Therefore you can deduce that Sixes are hit roughly 4 times more often in 2019 compared to 1990. This very obviously shows that sixes are hit way more often nowadays than previously. It is therefore no surprise that 13 of the top 15 players in the second list and 12 of the top 15 in the third list have played at least one game in the period 2015-2019 which is generally recognised as a period of rising strike rates and massive scores. Here’s a thought, what if I weighted every Six hit in a year by the yearly average and arrive at a number where you could easily differentiate between players. (This paragraph is a boring formula, scroll down if you don’t want to read.) What I have done, for both the previous Balls and Innings measures, is taken that specific value for a given year and divided by the average figure for that year (so Morgan in 2019 hit 2.38 sixes per innings divided by the average 0.6 gives 3.93). Then take that value and multiply it by innings played in the yea total innings played. (So for Morgan, it would be 3.93*(8/207) = 0.15). You do this for all years that the batsmen played and Sum all the values. The final value for Morgan is 2.08. This means that if an average batsman played exactly the same number of innings in those years as Morgan, then Morgan would hit 2.08 times more Sixes than the average batsman in this period. The exact same calculation is done for Balls per Six, and Morgan’s value here is 1.67, which makes sense, as he is likely to face more balls per innings than the average batsman. So this should take years into perspective, and looking at Weighted Sixes per innings first, let’s look who came out on top:
IVA Richards – 3.64
BL Cairns – 3.21
Rizwan Cheema – 3.19
CG Greenidge – 3.13
KA Pollard – 3.11
YK Pathan – 3.09
CH Gayle – 3.08
AD Russell – 3.02
SO Hetmyer – 2.97
Shahid Afridi – 2.96
RL Powell – 2.94
JM Kemp – 2.93
A Flintoff – 2.88
CL Cairns – 2.73
HH Pandya – 2.67
This gives a better unbiased look, as at least three batsmen played in each decade from the 1970s. Viv, as everyone knows, was a monster. He hit more than 3.5x more sixes than his average peer and leads the field by a distance. The big hitters of today are still in the top 15, but have been relegated down somewhat, while big hitters of yesteryear like Flintoff, Cairns and Greenidge make an appearance. Now lets check out Weighted Balls per Six, which will most likely reward lower order batsmen who faced less balls:
BL Cairns – 12.10
Shahid Afridi – 5.42
YK Pathan – 5.30
AD Russell – 5.21
IT Botham – 4.76
Wasim Akram – 4.71
IVA Richards – 4.56
Rizwan Cheema – 4.41
Kapil Dev – 4.29
RL Powell – 4.16
HH Pandya – 3.78
KA Pollard – 3.60
DJG Sammy – 3.56
DR Smith – 3.53
CJ Anderson – 3.50
Lance Cairns wins this by an absolute country mile. He hit over 12 times more Sixes than his average peer. To show his incredible ability: in 1983, 145 sixes were hit in 37,464 balls (258 balls per six). Lance hit 21 sixes in 259 balls at a frankly ridiculous rate of 13 balls per six, 21 times better than the average. Looking at the unweighted Sixes per ball, Lance is 10th and was the only player in the top 15 to play in the 70s and 80s and only Shahid Afridi played any ODI cricket before 2003. As predicted, the lower order batsman come to the fore in this table, and the big hitters of today still make an appearance. Who is the Greatest Six hitter of all time? You could argue Afridi, or Russell, or Viv, but for me it has to be Lance Cairns. He hit 41 sixes in 65 innings, back when people didn’t even know what a boundary was. He is 2nd behind Viv in Weighted Sixes per innings despite facing less than 15 balls per average innings. Upon further research, I also found out he named his bat ‘Excalibur’.. I mean come on, if you don’t love him even more now, then you never will. Thanks for reading, I actually very much enjoyed making this, so I hope you enjoyed reading this. If you have any specific queries about what I could've done a bit different, please comment down below and if you're interested in finding a value for a specific player and where they rank, comment their name and I should be able to tell you their scores :)
Hew does Duckworth-Lewis-Stern or DLS method work?
What is the DLS? The Duckworth-Lewis-Stern or DLS method (as it is now known) is a mathematical system employed to calculate target scores and reach outcomes in rain-shortened limited-overs matches. Devised by English statisticians Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis and originally named after them, it was first used in 1997. Australian academic Steve Stern updated the formula, becoming its custodian ahead of the 2015 World Cup; his name was added to the title.Neither the ARR nor the MPO methods were able to factor the match situation into their calculations, failing to take into account the wickets a team had left. The DLS method addresses this issue, considering both wickets and overs as resources and revising the target based on the availability of those resources. At the start of an innings, a team has 100% of its resources — 50 overs and 10 wickets — available. The DLS method expresses the balls and wickets remaining at any point as a percentage. How much is a wicket or a ball worth in percentage terms? This is calculated according to a formula which takes into account the scoring pattern in international matches, derived from analysis of data (ODI and T20, men and women) from a sliding four-year window. On the first of July every year, a new year’s worth of data is added; so the DLS evolves as scoring trends do. The rate at which resources deplete is not constant over the course of an innings: the curve is exponential, with that resource percentage falling faster as more wickets are lost and more balls are consumed. The DLS methods sets targets (and decides outcomes) by calculating how many runs teams should score (and would have scored) if the resources available to both sides were equal. To calculate a target, the formula may simply be expressed thus: Team 2’s par score = Team 1’s score x (Team 2’s resources/Team 1’s resources). In international cricket, the resource values (which are not publicly available) are obtained from a computer programme. The DLS method also allows for the fact that a team batting before a rain interruption would have batted differently had it known the game was going to be truncated. Of course, the weighting of wickets and overs is based on a formula, and there can be no universally perfect weightage, simply because the method cannot make qualitative measurements of individual batting abilities. It was long felt that under the D-L method, teams chasing big totals were better off keeping wickets in hand when rain was around the corner even if it meant scoring at a lower rate. Steve Stern felt he had improved on the D-L method in this regard by adjusting the formula to reflect changing realities in high-scoring ODIs and T20 matches. An older version of the DL method (called the D-L Standard Edition), meant to be used where computers are not available, applies pre-calculated resource values off a chart. Where upward revisions are required (when the first innings is interrupted), a quantity called the G50 — the average total score in a 50-over innings — is used as reference. For matches involving ICC full member nations, G50 is currently fixed at 245. However, the Standard Edition is not used in international cricket. To know more Visit Play and Shine Foundation
Ahead of IPL 2019, Mumbai seems to have taken a cue out of the Chennai Super Kings booklet by bringing back experience to their squad. Lasith Malinga, after spending a year as a mentor returns to MI as a player and along with him, Yuvraj Singh will play for Mumbai Indians. In 2018, Mumbai Indians lost too many close encounters and could not change their form in time in order to qualify for the playoffs. Let’s take a look at the strongest combinations of Mumbai Indians in the home and away conditions. 1. Batsmen 1.1 Top Order (Number 1, 2 and 3)-Mumbai Indians owner Akash Ambani revealed that Rohit Sharma will open the batting for Mumbai Indians. To partner him, there are 2 world class options - Quinton De Kock and Evin Lewis. Quinton De Kock gets the nod ahead of Lewis in South African conditions. He will look to find his IPL form back with Rohit at the other end. Lewis, who hit 382 runs in 13 matches last season will keep De Kock in his tows and is a perfect replacement for him at the opener’s slot. In India - With Lewis and De Kock likely to depart for WC 2019 preparations, Suryakumar Yadav comes in to open the batting with Rohit Sharma The position of No. 3 - Ishan Kishan will come in at No. 3 for MI. He showed spark with some fearless hitting in 2018 and Mumbai Indians will give more responsibility to him this year and he makes it at NO. 3 in both the Indian and South African conditions. 2. Middle Order (Number 4, 5 and 6) - Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, and Krunal Pandya constitute the middle order for the Mumbai Indians at 4, 5 and 6 respectively. Suryakumar Yadav was prolific with the bat in 2018 season, hitting 512 runs in 14 matches at an average of 36.57. At no. 4 he is the spearhead of the middle order. Kieron Pollard looked out of sorts last year and could not match his previous seasons’ heroics. But the big lad is still one of the best hitters of the white ball. Mumbai Indians retaining him means that he will be given the nod to prove himself in the starting XI. Krunal Pandya has proved to be a match winner in last 2 IPL seasons and thus comes in at No. 5. 12 wickets with the ball plus 228 runs, Krunal’s all-around performances automatically call for his selection into the strongest XI. In the Indian leg, Yuvraj Singh comes in at No. 4. Suryakumar Yadav will move up the order and given the trust shown by the franchise in him. Yuvraj will be tried out in the middle order. 3. Lower Order (Number 7, 8 and 9) - Hardik Pandya, Ben Cutting, and Mayank Markande come in at NO. 7,8 and 9. Apart from his batting, Hardik Pandya was probably the best pacer for Mumbai Indians in 2018 and picked up 18 wickets. South African conditions will suit his bowling and batting styles and he will come down the order to finish matches. Ben Cutting had a disappointing 2018 IPL season. His fast bowling and clean hitting ability are enough to ensure a place in the Mumbai Indians Starting XI. After his Ranji Trophy debut for Punjab in 2018, Mayank Markande had an excellent IPL season with Mumbai Indians. He always gave the team important wickets at crucial stages. With 15 wickets in his debut season, Mayank would like to repeat that in 2019. For Indian leg - The lower order remains the same for the Indian leg too. 4. Bowlers (No. 10 and No. 11) - For the South African leg, MI’s first choice pacers will be Jason Behrendorff and Jasprit Bumrah. Behrendorff is becoming one of the best bowlers in the shortest format. He missed out in 2018 due to injury. He is in good form and picked 4 wickets vs India in the 2nd T20I as Australia leveled the series. Jasprit Bumrah will lead the Mumbai Indians to attack, being one of the best bowlers around currently. As BCCI will look to limit the participation of their premier bowlers, Barinder Sran will come in to replace him at the end of the campaign. Lasith Malinga has rejuvenated his bowling career for Sri Lanka and has returned to the Mumbai team as a player after a year as the bowling mentor. He would replace Behrendorff in case the Aussie quick fails to impress with his performances. Behrendorff has not played ODIs for Australia, but if he is selected for the World Cup, Mitchell McClenaghan will replace him in the team. This concludes the Mumbai Indians team strongest XI. Mumbai Indians BEST XI - SOUTH AFRICAN LEG
Rohit Sharma(C)
Quinton de Kock ✈️
Ishan Kishan
Suryakumar Yadav
Kieron Pollard ✈️
Krunal Pandya
Hardik Pandya
Ben Cutting ✈️
Mayank Markande
Jason Behrendorff ✈️
Jasprit Bumrah
Mumbai Indians BEST XI - INDIAN LEG
Rohit Sharma(C)
Suryakumar Yadav
Ishan Kishan
Yuvraj Singh
Kieron Pollard ✈️
Krunal Pandya
Hardik Pandya
Ben Cutting ✈️
Mayank Markande
Jason Behrendorff ✈️
Jasprit Bumrah
2. Rajasthan Royals (Strongest XI) Rajasthan Royals finished in the 4th position last year under the leadership of Ajinkya Rahane. They released 10 players prior to the mini auction this year but have retained the successful core that they built. With Steve Smith returning to the side, this Rajasthan Royals side looks set to take up the challenge. Here we look at the strongest combinations of Rajasthan Royals in Indian and South African conditions. 1. Batsmen 1.1 Top Order (Number 1, 2 and 3)- RR’s first-choice opening combination will be Jos Buttler and Ajinkya Rahane. Jos Buttler proved himself as one of the best T20 openers hitting 548 runs in 13 matches. Buttler will be a key player for Rajasthan at the top. Ajinkya Rahane is a very versatile player who can bat anywhere at the top. His role will be to be the sheet anchor and for everyone around him to hit freely. He is expected to continue as the captain. Jos Buttler will leave IPL midway, Rahul Tripathy comes in his place to replace him. In T20s, he has hit 863 runs in 43matches at a strike rate of 139. The position of No. 3 -Steve Smith comes in as the first choice No. 3 batsman for Royals. Steve Smith missed last year due to ban but is very crucial to Rajasthan’s lineup. The 29-year-old scored 472 runs in IPL 2017 and averaged almost 40. Manan Vohra replaces Smith in the Indian leg of the tournament. 2. Middle Order (Number 4, 5 and 6) - Rajasthan Royals’ middle order in South African conditions is Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathy, and Ben Stokes. Sanju Samson walks right into the middle order with an impressive display in 2018, hitting 3 half centuries. He comes in at No. 4 Rahul Tripathy is very versatile and he comes in at No. 5 till Buttler is available. Ben Stokes is one of the best pace allrounders in World cricket at the moment and with IPL in South Africa, his abilities with the bat and the ball make him an automatic selection in the squad at No. 6 In the Indian leg, Tripathy goes to open the batting, spin allrounder Ashton Turner comes in at No. 5. Krishnappa Gowtham moves up the order at No. 6 when Ben Stokes leaves. 3. Lower Order (Number 7, 8 and 9) - Krishnappa Gowtham was a star last season. Picking 11 wickets and finishing matches at a strike rate of 197, he is a definite starter at No. 7. Shreyas Gopal comes in at No. 8. He has 18 wickets in 17 appearances. The leg-spinner can also bat and provides depth to the RR lineup. Jofra Archer only played 10 matches in 2018 but returned with 15 wickets. His lethal yorkers are a weapon to trouble some of the best. He comes in at No. 9 Liam Livingstone replaces Krishnappa Gowtham in the Indian leg as Ben Stokes leaves the side and Gowtham moves up at No. 6 Backup for Archer - Windies pacer Oshane Thomas can replace Jofra Archer in case of an injury. 4. Bowlers (No. 10 and No. 11) - For the South African leg, RR have 2 domestic pacers in their attack in Dhawal Kulkarni and Jayadev Unadkat. Undakat was bought again by Rajasthan after an intense bidding war. The left arm pacer will look to repeat his 2017 performance this year. Dhawal Kulkarni experience brings him at No. 11 ahead of Varun Aaron. He has 79 wickets in 80 matches in all seasons. Backup Pacers - Varun Aaron had an impressive domestic season and will challenge Dhawal Kulkarni for a spot. He misses out from the first XI for last year’s dismal show. Rajasthan Royals BEST XI - SOUTH AFRICAN LEG
Jos Buttler ✈️
Ajinkya Rahane
Steve Smith ✈️
Sanju Samson
Rahul Tripathy
Ben Stokes ✈️
Krishnappa Gowtham
Shreyas Gopal
Jofra Archer ✈️
Dhawal Kulkarni
Jaydev Unadkat
Rajasthan Royals BEST XI - INDIAN LEG
Rahul Tripathy
Ajinkya Rahane
Manan Vohra
Sanju Samson(WK)
Ashton Turner ✈️
Krishnappa Gowtham
Liam Livingstone ✈️
Shreyas Gopal
Jofra Archer ✈️
Dhawal Kulkarni
Jaydev Unadkat
3.Kolkata Knight Riders (Strongest XI) Kolkata Knight Riders main concern last season was not having enough backup options for their first choice players and an inexperienced pace attack. They have filled the gaps this year and have brought in Joe Denly, Carlos Brathwaite, Anrich Nortje, Harry Gurney and Lockie Ferguson as their overseas purchases. The biggest strength of KKR is having the best all-rounders in the IPL. With Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Carlos Braithwaite, KKR have the much-required flexibility to tweak their starting XIs Let’s take a look at the strongest XIs of KKR in South Africa and Indian conditions. 1. Batsmen 1.1 Top Order (Number 1, 2 and 3)-KKR’s first-choice opening combination will be Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn. The explosive opening combination has been performing consistently for the KKR team and there is no need to tweak a winning formula. If needed, KKR have brought in a backup option in Joe Denly. He has hit 898 runs as an opener in 2018 alone. Joe Denly will replace Chris Lynn for the Indian leg as the Australian is likely to go out for WC preparations. Shubman Gill can also come in at the opening spot being a regular opener but that will happen only in the case of all the other 3 options not performing to their potential. The position of No. 3 - Robin Uthappa will come in at No. 3 for KKR. He did not set the stage on fire in 2018 but still chipped in 351 runs to continue as a vital member in the KKR’s scheme of things. Bringing in a wealth of experience, he remains the No. 1 choice for at the crucial spot of number 3. 2. Middle Order (Number 4, 5 and 6) - Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, and skipper Dinesh Karthik constitute the middle order for the Kolkata Knight Riders at 4, 5 and 6 respectively. Dinesh Karthik has always been unselfish as a batsman, catering to the need of the team and is one of the most versatile batsmen in the IPL. His ability to come in at any position makes this middle order a force. For Shubman Gill, this will be a make or break year. Given his talents, he will try to come in and make the No. 4 position his own. He has been in excellent form in the domestic competitions and recently hit 272 for Punjab. Nitish Rana has proved to be a match winner in last 2 IPL seasons and thus comes in at No. 5. Plus his part-time spin is lethal to break important partnerships. (ABD and Virat in the same over! remember?) In the Indian leg, this combination remains the same. Backup options - For middle order, KKR has brought in Nikhil Naik(backup keeper) and retained Rinku Singh from last year. Though lacking in depth and like to like replacements, they make decent options to bank on in the time of crisis. 3. Lower Order (Number 7, 8 and 9) - The All-Rounders - Probably the strongest lower order in the IPL, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, and Kuldeep Yadav come in at No. 7,8 and 9. Andre Russell has been the most valuable player(MVP) for KKR on more than one occasion. At No. 7 he just comes in with a license to go for the kill. Match winning abilities with the bat and the ball catered to the T20 format make him an automatic selection. The only worrying part is how injury prone he has been in the recent seasons. KKR bought Carlos Brathwaite in this year’s auction for 5 crores. He comes in at No. 8 to provide depth to a star-studded batting lineup. With Brathwaite at no. 8, it gives a cushion to the preceding batsmen to play all out attacking cricket. 38 wickets in 20 T20s make him the perfect option to break partnerships when needed Spearheading the spin attack, Kuldeep Yadav comes in at No. 9 for KKR. Kuldeep is KKR’s best spinner and was a nightmare for batsmen in South African conditions. His backup option in the team is Piyush Chawla. With Narine in the squad, only one out of Kuldeep and Chawla will play in South African conditions. For Indian leg - The lower order remains the same as West Indies board has not given any deadline date to its players. But in the case Carlos Brathwaite leaves, Anrich Nortje replaces him at No. 8 4. Bowlers (No. 10 and No. 11) - For the South African leg, KKR’s pace attack will be led by domestic pacers in Prasidh Krishna and Kamlesh Nagarkoti. Krishna has an impressive record in T20s with 14 wickets in just 10 matches. Nagarkoti was injured for the 2018 season, but the U19 World Cup star makes it to the KKR team in South African leg If any of these 2 fail to perform, KKR will turn to Shivam Mavi, who impressed last year but was expensive in many matches. Indian Leg - Piyush Chawla comes in at the expense of Nagarkoti as a 3rd spinner. KKR’s allrounders will take up the pace responsibility in India. With 3 World class spinners in Chawala, Sunil Narine and Kuldeep, KKR will dictate the terms KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS BEST XI - SOUTH AFRICAN LEG
Sunil Narine ✈️
Chris Lynn ✈️
Robin Uthappa
Shubman Gill
Nitish Rana
Dinesh Karthik
Andre Russell ✈️
Carlos Braithwaite ✈️
Kuldeep Yadav
Prasidh Krishna
Kamlesh Nagarkoti
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS BEST XI - INDIAN LEG
Sunil Narine ✈️
Joe Denly ✈️
Robin Utthapa
Shubman Gill
Nitish Rana
Dinesh Karthik
Andre Russell ✈️
Carlos Braithwaite ✈️
Kuldeep Yadav
Piyush Chawla
Prasidh Krishna
4.Royal Challengers Bangalore (Strongest XI) As IPL 2019 is to be played in 2 phases. We have to look at 2 team combinations for the probable XI of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Over the seasons RCB’s main problem has been finding the perfect players to support AB De Villiers and Virat Kohli. 1. Batsmen 1.1 Top Order (Number 1, 2 and 3)- RCB ’s first-choice opening combination will be Parthiv Patel and Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli plays best in IPL when he is opening the innings and a left-right combination at the top will be ideal for RCB. Patel only played 6 matches in the last IPL and scored 153 runs at a strike rate of 140, this year might be his calling. RCB does not have much backup for the opening spot. Devdutt Padikkal is the sole choice for the backup opener. The 18 year old smashed 72 against the Bengaluru Blasters and began to evoke memories of Yuvraj Singh in his earlier days. The exciting prospect was bought by the franchise for just 20 lakhs. Moeen Ali will find it hard to break into the team and will be dependent on luck as a pace allrounder will be the preferred choice for an overseas spot in South Africa. And in the second half, English players will leave from the tournament. The position of No. 3 - Shimron Hetmyer can be the perfect choice at No. 3 for RCB. The latest West Indies sensation rocked team India with his monstrous hits during the limited overs series. His ability to take on the wrist spinners makes him stand out from the rest. Boasting an average of 33, Hetmyer can be the perfect player who is the missing piece of the puzzle for the Royal Challengers. 2. Middle Order (Number 4, 5 and 6) - With AB De Villiers retiring from International cricket, he is available for the entire season and is an automatic selection at No. 4. Shivam Dube comes in at No. 5. The 25-year-old all-rounder hit 5 consecutive sixes just days before the IPL Auction and caught RCB’s attention. He has been a key member of Mumbai’s Vijay Hazare winning team. With 10 wickets in 7 T20 matches, Dube is very handy with the ball too. Marcus Stoinis makes up the rest of my middle order for RCB. One of the best T20 all-rounders, Stoinis can be a gamechanger in South Africa. Capable of hitting big at the end, No. 6 is the best position for Stoinis to come in and run riot. In South African conditions, ABD, Shivam Dube and Marcus Stoinis make up my middle order in numbers 4,5 and 6 respectively. Colin De Grandhomme will challenge Marcus Stoinis for the No. 6 position. Stoinis did not have a good IPL 2018 and will lose his spot to Grandhomme in case of a repeat show of that. He replaces Marcus Stoinis for the Indian leg. Australian Marcus Stoinis will leave for the Australian team camp. 3. Lower Order (Number 7, 8 and 9) - RCB’s first choice lower order in South African conditions will be Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Tim Southee at no are 7, 8 and 9 respectively. Washington Sundar comes in at No. 7 with his all-round capabilities. In 34 T20s he has picked up 34 wickets and is also capable of hitting lusty blows at the end. Yuzvendra Chahal is a weapon for the RCB team both in the home and away conditions. He proved beyond any doubt with how lethal he can be in South African conditions earlier in 2018. Also, a wrist spinner’s place is certain if we look at the modern dynamics of the game. Tim Southee is at No. 9 in my team. His late outswing is a lethal weapon in seaming conditions and the ability to hit lower down the order pushes him slightly up in the batting order. His backup option in the team is Kulwant Khejroliya. Khejroliya is also a wicket-taking option but slightly expensive than Saini and thus loses the mini battle by a whisker. 4. Bowlers (No. 10 and No. 11) - For the South African leg, RCB have 2 world class domestic pacers in their attack in Mohammed Siraj and Umesh Yadav. Umesh Yadav was the best bowler for RCB in 2018 with 20 wickets in 14 matches. Mohammed Siraj looks a much-improved bowler from last year with commanding domestic performances. The duo makes it to the XI in both the South African and Indian legs. If any of these fail to perform, RCB has good pace backups in Navdeep Saini and Kulwant Khejroliya. Important Notes - 1) Despite performing well last year, Moeen Ali finds him out of the best XI due to South African conditions and team balance 2) RCB have looked to have spent their money well this year by picking Shivam Dube and Shimron Hetmyer RCB BEST XI - SOUTH AFRICAN LEG
Parthiv Patel
Virat Kohli
Shimon Hetmyer ✈️
AB de Villiers ✈️
Shivam Dube
Marcus Stoinis ✈️
Washington Sundar
Yuzendra Chahal
Tim Southee ✈️
Mohammad Siraj
Umesh Yadav
RCB BEST XI - INDIAN LEG
Parthiv Patel
Virat Kohli
Shimron Hetmyer ✈️
AB de Villiers ✈️
Shivam Dube
Colin de Grandhomme ✈️
Washington Sundar
Yuzendra Chahal
Tim Southee ✈️
Mohammad Siraj
Umesh Yadav
5.Sunrisers Hyderabad (Strongest XI) Sunrisers Hyderabad has been the most consistent side in the IPL in last 3 years. After this auction, they look like one of the most balanced squads around. Though they let go of their star opener Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner’s return boosts the squad that ended up in the finals. We look down at the strongest combination for the Sunrisers Hyderabad for South African and Indian leg. 1. Batsmen 1.1 Top Order (Number 1, 2 and 3)- SRHs first-choice opening combination will be David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha. After a ban in 2018, David Warner returns to Sunrisers Hyderabad. The attacking opener has been prolific in IPL with 4014 runs in 114 matches at a strike rate of 142. Warner will bear the responsibility to provide quick starts in the absence of Shikhar Dhawan. Wriddhiman Saha is one of the best keepers in the current game. Coupled with his more than decent batting, Saha remains the best choice behind wickets despite Jonny Bairstow giving him tough competition. Nursing from an injury, Saha is expected to be fit by the time IPL begins. David Warner will leave IPL by May 2, Martin Guptill comes in his place to replace him. In T20s, he has hit 779 runs in 24 matches at a strike rate of 139. The position of No. 3 - Kane Williamson comes in as the first choice No. 3 batsman for Sunrisers. Kane Williamson perfectly replaced David Warner last year with him leading from the front. Hitting 735 runs in 17 matches, Williamson will continue to lead the side. Also, he will be available throughout the tournament. Guptill replaces Warner in the Indian leg of the tournament. 2. Middle Order (Number 4, 5 and 6) - Sunrisers Hyderabad’s middle order in South African conditions is Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, and Deepak Huda. Manish Pandey had a horrid time in 2018. Still, SRH put their faith in Manish Pandey after retaining him. Pandey will be itching to repay the trust by putting a good show in 2019. Shakib Al Hasan proved to be a perfect ally for Rashid Khan in 2018. In 11 T20s Shakib picked up 15 wickets in 2018 alone. The only concern is that he is only available till 15 April. Mohammad Nabi will then replace him int the team. SRH retained Deepak Huda, who also had a disappointing season in 2018. He will be given the responsibility to finish matches. 3. Lower Order (Number 7, 8 and 9) - Yusuf Pathan is at No. 7. Yusuf Pathan put in some crucial performances in 2018 and SRH would like him to build on them. He can be destructive on his day and makes it to the starting XI of our team. Afghan spinner Rashid Khan comes in at No. 8. Rashid Khan has established himself at the top of T20 bowlers with 22 wickets in 8 matches in 2018 alone. Also, he has worked on his batting and is a hard-hitting lower order batsman. Bhuvneshwar Kumar only played 12 matches in 2018 but is a crucial member of SRH. His ability with the new ball and the death makes him stand out from the rest. If Yusuf Pathan does not hit his form, Vijay Shankar takes his place as he comes back to SRH this year after spending a year with Delhi. Shankar could be a good option on seaming pitches. The backup for Bhuvneshwar Kumar the team is Sandeep Sharma. BCCI has indicated that the participation of Team India regular fast bowlers will be limited. Sandeep Sharma is the ideal choice to rest Bhuvi as he has already proved it in 2018. Lower order remains same for both the legs 4. Bowlers (No. 10 and No. 11) - For the South African leg, SRH have 2 domestic pacers in their attack in Sidharth Kaul and Khaleel Ahmed. Kaul was so prolific with the ball, he earned himself a national team call-up. He picked 21 wickets in 17 matches last season and makes it into the side. Khaleel Ahmed only played a single match last season but after debuting for India, he has come a long way and will be a starter in this season. Backup Pacers - Billy Stanlake is an excellent T20 bowler but misses out just because of the 4 overseas players’ limit. For him to play, Shakib sits out and Vijay Shanka Abhishek Sharma will take up the place in the middle order. Important Notes - 1) Jonny Bairstow misses out on a place as the best combination for overseas players is Warner, Williamson, Rashid, and Shakib. 2) SRH have all departments covered and have got good backup players for every situation SUNRISERS HYDERABAD BEST XI - SOUTH AFRICAN LEG
David Warner ✈️
Wridhiman Saha
Kane Williamson ✈️
Manish Pandey
Yusuf Pathan
Deepak Hooda
Shakib Al Hassan ✈️
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Rashid Khan ✈️
Siddarth Kaul
Khaleel Ahmed
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD BEST XI - INDIAN LEG
Martin Guptill ✈️
Wridhiman Saha
Kane Williamson ✈️
Manish Pandey
Yusuf Pathan
Deepak Hooda
Mohammad Nabi ✈️
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Rashid Khan ✈️
Siddarth Kaul
Khaleel Ahmed
6.Chennai Superkings (Strongest XI) After missing the IPL for 2 consecutive years, Chennai Super Kings made a fairytale comeback last year. Trolled for fielding old age players, Chenna ended up winning the title and proving everyone wrong. Rightly so, they retained most of their IPL squad from last year and added only Mohit Sharma and Rituraj Gaikwad. Let’s take a look at the 2 strongest combinations of Chennai Super Kings in South African and Indian conditions 1. Batsmen 1.1 Top Order (Number 1, 2 and 3)- South Africa - Faf Du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina India - Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina Faf Du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu will open the innings for CSK in South African conditions. Dhoni’s decision to promote Ambati Rayudu to the top worked wonders as he hit 602 runs in 16 matches in IPL 2018. Faf Du Plessis spent most of the last season on the bench but in home conditions, he will be a regular starter. Shane Watson will keep Faf Du Plessis on his toes and challenge him regularly for the opening slot. For the Indian leg, Faf will leave the tournament as he has a deadline and Shane Watson comes in to replace him. The position of No. 3 - Suresh Raina has been named Mr. IPL as on more than 9 occasions, the left-hander has hit 350+ runs in the campaign. Chennai showed their trust in him for this year. All-time leading run scorer of IPL is a perfect choice at No. 3. 2. Middle Order (Number 4, 5 and 6) - CSK’s middle order in South African conditions is MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, and Dwayne Bravo. Dhoni promoted himself to No. 4 in 2018 and returned with 455 runs in 16 matches. He will continue at the same position this year Kedar Jadhav played only 1 match last year and won it playing with a torn hamstring. He makes it to the starting XI Dwayne Bravo is a proven matchwinner for the CSK in Indian and South African conditions. His death bowling and power hitting makes him the no. 1 choice for a necessary pace allrounder spot. In IPL 2018, he picked up 14 wickets in 16 matches. When IPL returns to India, Mitchell Santner could replace Dwayne Bravo on spin tracks. The New Zealander was injured for the entire 2018 season. Sam Billings will come in at No. 4 in India, pushing Dhoni, Jadeja and Bravo one step down. In Indian Conditions (4,5,6) - Sam Billings, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav 3. Lower Order (Number 7, 8 and 9) - Ravindra Jadeja is at No. 7. A perfect T20 player. His all-round bowling, batting, and fielding get him to be picked in any world-class T20 side. Jadeja will be given the responsibility to finish matches off if the above batsmen collapse. Deepak Chahar comes in at No. 8. CSK’s crucial weapon in 2018 was the new ball bowling by Deepak Chahar which got him 10 wickets in 12 matches. Dhoni utilized all his 4 overs with the new ball. He comes in at No. 8 with the batting he skills he showed last year. Mohit Sharma joins the squad after a year with Kings XI Punjab. CSK bought him for 5 crores in the auction and he will bowl effectively in the death overs. In Indian conditions, Harbhajan Singh joins the squad to send Mohit Sharma to No. 10 In Indian Conditions(7,8,9) - Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh 4. Bowlers (No. 10 and No. 11) - For the South African leg, CSK has got Lungi Ngidi and Imran Tahir. In home conditions, Ngidi and Tahir are one step ahead of the other members in the squad. Tahir has a phenomenal 62 wickets in 37 T20Is and Ngidi will form a new ball partnership with Deepak Chahar. In Indian Conditions(10,11) - Mohit Sharma, Deepak Chahar Backup Pacers - Shardul Thakur is an excellent T20 bowler but misses out after being expensive last year. Monu Kumar comes in with 15 wickets in 13 T20s he has played. It will be interesting to see him get a place in the CSK squad. Important Notes - 1) CSK have got a very balanced squad with players catering to every situation and opposition 2) Dhoni will come up with new combinations and strategies in this IPL because he is Dhoni and nobody could predict his decisions. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS BEST XI - SOUTH AFRICAN LEG
Faf du Plessis ✈️
Ambati Rayudu
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni (C, WK)
Kedhar Jadhav
Dwayne Bravo ✈️
Ravindra Jadeja
Mohit Sharma
Deepak Chahar
Lungi Ngidi ✈️
Imran Tahir ✈️
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS BEST XI - INDIAN LEG
Shane Watson ✈️
Ambati Rayudu
Suresh Raina
Sam Billings ✈️
MS Dhoni (C, WK)
Kedhar Jadhav
Dwayne Bravo ✈️
Ravindra Jadeja
Harbhajan Singh
Mohit Sharma
Deepak Chahar
7. Kings XI PunjabStrongest XI Kings XI Punjab won 5 out of the first 6 matches in IPL 2018 and then lost their way. Ending up on 7th position, the season ended on a low note for them. Consequently, Punjab releases as many as 11 players from their squad and look to strengthen a new middle order and all-rounders which were their weak areas. Let’s take a look at the strongest XIs of the Kings XI in the home and away conditions. 1. Batsmen 1.1 Top Order (Number 1, 2 and 3)- KXIP’s first-choice opening combination will be KL Rahul and Chris Gayle. KL Rahul had a breakthrough season with KXIP by hitting 659 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 158. Gayle was not the first choice but cemented his place by winning a couple of matches on his own. Nicolas Pooran can also come in to open the batting or at No. 3 if these batsmen do not click. With 347 runs in 13 T20s, he is in fine form and is very handy behind the wicket. The position of No. 3 - Mayank Agarwal comes in as the first choice No. 3 batsman for Kings XI. Mayank is riding high on confidence after the Team India call-up in Australia and Kings XI would like to fully utilize his skills at the top of the order. Note - If Gayle doesn’t play, Mayank Agarwal and Nicolas Pooran can easily exchange places, with Pooran comfortable at the top 2. Middle Order (Number 4, 5 and 6) - Kings Xi Punjab’s middle order in South African conditions is Karun Nair, David Miller, and Mandeep Singh. Karun Nair did not have a good IPL 2018 but the franchise put their trust back in him. He will look to convert the starts he got into big scores and comes in at No. 4 David Miller at no. 5 comes into the starting XI in South African conditions. He has the domestic advantage and Kings XI Punjab should be smart to exploit that. Moises Henriques will replace Miller at No. 5 as the South African has a deadline date set by the CSA to return to his national side. Mandeep Singh comes in at No. 6. All-rounder was traded from RCB and has a wealth of experience in the IPL. With 84 matches played, he provides the much-needed balance to the middle order. 3. Lower Order (Number 7, 8 and 9) - Ravichandran Ashwin comes in at No. 7 for the Kings XI Punjab. He led from the front but the captaincy took a toll on his performance after half the season. He will look to turn things around this year with the ball and the bat. Afghan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman comes in at No. 8. Mujeeb picked 14 wickets in 11 matches with his variations hard to read for even the best T20 batsmen. With an ability to strike big as we are seeing in BBL, Mujeeb jumps up the batting order in our best XI from last year. 2018 purple cap holder Andrew Tye comes in at No. 9. Andrew Tye has the all-time best bowling strike rate in IPL for a bowler at 12.83. One of the best T20 bowlers, his selection in the side is a no-brainer. The backup lower order option in the team is Sam Curran. The left arm pacer will play in the tournament at some stage. Sam Curran can also provide the much-needed depth to the Kings XI Punjab. For the Indian leg, he comes in the team as Tye leaves for World Cup. 4. Bowlers (No. 10 and No. 11) - For the South African leg, Kings XI Punjab has 2 domestic pacers in their attack in Mohammad Shami and Ankit Rajpoot. Shami has proved to be expensive in Indian conditions but in South Africa, he will lead the attack with the new ball. Ankit Rajpoot’s has picked 19 wickets in 19 matches in IPL with 14 of them coming in 2018. With him at No. 11, the Kings XI Punjab team is complete. Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy replaces Mohammad Shami for the Indian leg. The biggest buy of 2019 has 22 wickets in 9 T20s played. Backup Pacers - Darshan Nalkande Important Notes - 1) Varun Chakravarthy being an allrounder will come up the order in the Indian leg pushing Mujeeb Ur Rehman down to No. 10. 2) If Gayle doesn’t click, Mayank Agarwal is the best option to open the innings and Moises Henriques at No. 3. KINGS XI PUNJAB BEST XI - SOUTH AFRICAN LEG
Lokesh Rahul (WK)
Chris Gayle ✈️
Mayank Agrawal
Karun Nair
David Miller ✈️
Mandeep Singh
Ravichandran Ashwin (C)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman ✈️
Mohammad Shami
Andrew Tye ✈️
Ankit Rajpoot
KINGS XI PUNJAB BEST XI - INDIAN LEG
Lokesh Rahul (WK)
Chris Gayle ✈️
Mayank Agrawal
Karun Nair
Moises Henriques ✈️
Mandeep Singh
Varun Chakaravarthy
Ravichandran Ashwin
Sam Curran ✈️
Mujeeb Ur Rehman ✈️
Ankit Rajpoot
8.Delhi Capitals Playing XI (Strongest) IPL 12 will most likely be played in 2 phases, with the first half of the tournament to be played in South Africa due to general elections, and the second half to return to India. As the team combination will be highly dependent on the venues and playing conditions, we have to come up with 2 strongest XIs for both halves. Many of the foreign players will leave for the 2nd half to prepare for Cricket World Cup 2019. 1. Batsmen 1.1 Top Order (Number 1, 2 and 3)- Delhi Daredevils first-choice opening combination will be Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw. Both the openers’ attacking and free-flowing style will go perfectly with the new team Delhi Capitals are looking to build. Shikhar and Prithvi also have the stats to back their claim. Shikhar’s 3285 runs at an average of 33 across 11 seasons speak for itself. Prithvi Shaw, who was explosive last season with a strike rate of 153. Colin Munro has hit a purple patch in T20s as far as T20s are concerned. He has hit 500 runs at an average of 45.45 in 12 innings. But even after all this, he could still be limited to warm the bench. His participation in the second half is not confirmed due to the World Cup. And in South Africa, Delhi will be forced to compromise with their fast bowlers in the likes of Rabada and Boult in seaming conditions. Youngster Manjot Kalra will find it really hard to break into this team as it will be solely dependent on luck. He looked bright in the last Under 19 World Cup but hasn’t got luck in his favor to showcase his T20 skills in IPL. The position of No. 3 - Shreyas Iyer will be my first choice at No. 3. As Iyer hit 411 runs in 14 matches in the last year, he proved very crucial at the top. If Delhi is tempted to utilize Colin Munro’s form at the top, it will push Shreyas Iyer down to No. 4 or to play Colin Munro at No. 4, which is too big a gamble to take as Delhi has had successful players at that position. 2. Middle Order (Number 4, 5 and 6) - Rishabh Pant was the best batsman for Delhi Capitals in 2019. He hit 684 runs in 14 matches at an average of 52.61 and almost won matches on his own. At no. 4, the skills of Pant will be fully utilized. South African Colin Ingram was the main buy of the Delhi Daredevils at 6.4 crores. Ingram has hit 1237 runs at an average of 41.23 at 2018 alone. At No. 5 he can be the ideal player to either provide stability or continue the momentum of the team. Chris Morris makes up the rest of my middle order for Delhi Daredevils. Morris provides balance to the Delhi Daredevils as he is the best pace allrounder of the squad at the moment. An IPL career average of 37 in batting and 25 in bowling in 52 matches speaks volumes. In South African conditions, Rishabh Pant, Colin Ingram and Chris Morrismake up my middle order in numbers 4,5 and 6 respectively. Hanuma Vihari makes to the spot of the backup batsman in the middle order. Delhi Daredevils bought him for a reason as his technical abilities but his inclusion will be solely dependent on luck too. He is not known for his hitting abilities to automatically make the playing XI. But if Delhi face an injury problem or the first choice 3 don’t click, Vihari can come in to save the day. Sherfane Rutherford will come in for Chris Morris in the Indian leg as Morris will leave for World Cup preparations. 3. Lower Order (Number 7, 8 and 9) - Delhi’s first choice lower order in South African conditions will be Rahul Tewatia, Axar Patel and Ishant Sharma at no are 7, 8 and 9 respectively. Rahul Tewatia is an excellent allrounder and familiar with the Delhi Capital’s setup. In 18 T20 innings, he has hit 303 runs at an average of 25.25. Equally effective with the ball, Tewatia has 19 wickets at an economy under 7. Axar Patel, who has been a star performer for the past few seasons. He has picked 61 wickets in IPL at a bowling average of 28.93. His hitting skills with the bat come quite handy at the end of the innings. Ishant Sharma will be key to the Delhi’s team in South African conditions. Also, his valuable experience at the Ferozeshah Kotla helps him barge his way in the starting XI in the Indian leg of IPL. For the Indian leg, Amit Mishra replaces Rahul Tewatia, as the spin maestro picked 12 wickets in 10 innings in IPL 2018. His experience is massive to handle any match situation he is thrown into. 4. Bowlers (No. 10 and No. 11) - For the South African leg, Delhi Daredevils have 2 world class pacers in their attack in Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult. Rabada has 24 wickets in 18 innings in T20s and being one of the fastest bowlers around, he will be the perfect partner to partner Boult, who picked up 18 wickets in 14 matches in last IPL. For the Indian leg, Rabada will likely leave for the World Cup. Even if that does not happen, Indian conditions will warrant to include an extra spinner. Sandip Lamichhane will come in as No. 11 for the Indian conditions. Important Notes - Delhi has a big selection issue in which 4 foreign players to pick to maintain the perfect balance of the squad. 1) Selection of Colin Munro means only one out of Rabada or Boult will be in the team 2) Kagiso Rabada will play a massive role in the South African conditions and can even trump Boult in the selection process 3) Hanuma Vihari is not an automatic choice for the Indian and the South African leg to maintain a perfect team balance DELHI DAREDEVILS PROBABLE XI - SOUTH AFRICAN LEG Shikhar Dhawan Prithvi Shaw Shreyas Iyer(C) Rishabh Pant(WK) Colin Ingram ✈️ Chris Morris ✈️ Rahul Tewatia Axar Patel Ishant Sharma Trent Boult ✈️ Kagiso Rabada ✈️ DELHI DAREDEVILS PROBABLE XI - INDIAN LEG Shikhar Dhawan Prithvi Shaw Shreyas Iyer(C) Colin Ingram ✈️ Rishabh Pant(Wk) Sherfane Rutherford ✈️ Axar Patel Amit Mishra Ishant Sharma Trent Boult✈️ Sandeep Lamichhane ✈️
Okay, so given that Sri Lankan selectors are at best a reactionary and haphazard bunch, I thought I'd try to prove that any randomer with a laptop can do better. Therefore, here's my Sri Lankan World Cup squad. I should first point out that I'm looking to select the Playing XI to fit this formula. It's not always perfect, but England have proven that it's the quickest way to turn a failing team into a decent one. -------------------------------- 1 -Niroshan Dickwella(wicket keeper, hitter)
1,571 runs @ 32.72, SR: 93.56 in 52 ODI matches (2 centuries)
3,844 runs @ 33.43, SR: 91.85 in 121 List A matches (8 centuries)
Dickwella is probably the most creative and free-scoring white-ball opener available to Sri Lanka at the moment. He's not exactly a world-beater looking at his stats, but he does do a job and will give a fast start against the new ball with the field up. He's also meant to be the best gloveman in Sri Lanka, something which the selectors seem to have ignored. 2 -Kusal Perera(hitter)
2,283 runs @ 29.26, SR: 90.77 (4 centuries) in 88 ODI matches
4,558 runs @ 33.02, SR: 92.06 (7 centuries) in 159 List A matches
Perera has been given extensive opportunities in the ODI team over the last six years, and has not produced the returns that could be expected given his obvious ability. One has to hope that his classic innings in Sri Lanka is a sign that he is maturing as a player, because when if gets going he scores as quickly as anyone. 3 -Roshen Silva(accumulator)
Has not made his ODI debut
2,897 runs @ 41.38, SR: 70.81 (5 centuries) in 102 List A matches
This was a horribly difficult place to fill in the side. The current incumbent is Kusal Mendis, but throughout his career he has failed to actually score any runs against the white ball. The last man in the role before him was Dinesh Chandimal, but he too has surprisingly poor white-ball numbers. In the end I settled on Roshen because he has the best List A average of any reasonably experienced Sri Lankan player, but in an ideal world he'd have been given a few series to prove himself. 4 -Angelo Mathews(vice captain, accumulator)
5,380 runs @ 42.38, SR: 83.39 (2 centuries) in 203 ODI matches
6,689 runs @ 39.34, SR: 80.82 (3 centuries) in 262 List A matches
So Angelo Mathews has to absolutely do a job here: he's not going to be given any bowling duties despite being one of Sri Lanka's best white-ball bowlers because if he bowls his hamstrings will fall off and there aren't really any more good batsmen knocking around to fill his role. So Mathews has one job: bat long so he can score big runs. If he's called upon to bowl, it'll be a few overs as a sixth bowler at most. 5 -Angelo Perera(hitter)
39 runs @ 13.00, SR: 67.24 in 5 ODI matches
3,015 runs @ 41.30, SR: 94.69 (4 centuries) and 36 wickets @ 25.44, econ: 4.07 (1 5WI) in 129 List A matches
He's not had many opportunities in Sri Lankan blue, but Angelo Perera has made a habit of carving up domestic bowling attacks and it's only fair he gets a crack of the whip against international attacks too. Of course, one would prefer if this opportunity came some time before the World Cup, but I suppose beggars can't be choosers. Also has the ability to turn his arm over as a non-terrible sixth bowler, or to fulfil an accumulator's role if Roshen struggles. 6 -Thisara Perera(hitter)
2,147 runs @ 20.64, SR: 112.34 (1 century) and 169 wickets @ 31.16, econ: 5.86 (4 5WI) in 153 ODI matches
3,456 runs @ 22.88, SR: 111.08 (2 centuries) and 274 wickets @ 29.46, econ: 5.84 (7 5WI) in 229 List A matches
NLTC's batting average may look atrocious, but he's the first of the hitters selected to provide a short burst of rapid scoring as opposed to a sustained match-turning effort. He's also very much a front-line seamer, and despite the occasional meme-fuelling horrible full toss has very good bowling stats. 7 -Sachithra Senanayake(hitter)
290 runs @ 13.18, SR: 93.18 and 53 wickets @ 35.35, econ: 4.74 in 49 ODI matches
1,582 runs @ 21.67, SR: 91.86 (1 century) and 243 wickets @ 21.76, econ: 3.95 (3 5WI) in 167 List A matches
Okay so this is probably where it looks like I've gone off the deep end because in all formats playing for Sri Lanka, Senanayake only batted above number nine seven times. However, in the most recent Premier Tournament for Sinhalese Sports Club, Senanayake was the best-performing batsman in the country by some distance, which he achieved whilst still finishing third on the wickets chart. It's a huge punt, but one that might as well be taken. 8 -Isuru Udana(firefighter)
110 runs @ 55.00, SR: 115.78 and 2 wickets @ 93.00, econ: 6.41 in 5 ODI matches
1,169 runs @ 22.05, SR: 91.18 and 132 wickets @ 27.79, econ: 5.40 (1 5WI) in 103 List A matches
The man with all the vowels, Isuru Udana got a lot of attention in South Africa for a couple of face-saving cameos in lost causes. They were both scored at a very rapid rate, but if necessary he is also capable of knuckling down to stop a collapse. He's therefore the perfect firefighter. He is also a fairly good seamer, and although he's never going to lead the attack he'll still give you between seven and ten decent overs most games. 9 -Akila Dananjaya(bowler)
48 wickets @ 29.64, econ: 5.16 (2 5WI) in 34 ODI matches
92 wickets @ 29.44, econ: 4.82 (3 5WI) in 76 List A matches
He's Sri Lanka's best-performing ODI spinner in the last couple of years, and one of very few Sri Lankans who has shown the ability to run through an opposition batting line-up. Despite some struggles with his bowling action, you have to keep him in the playing group. 10 -Lasith Malinga(captain, bowler)
322 wickets @ 29.03, econ: 5.33 (8 5WI) in 218 ODI matches
430 wickets @ 27.50, econ: 5.27 (10 5WI) in 282 List A matches
There's not a huge amount to write about Lasith Malinga that hasn't already been written: he's been Sri Lanka's best-ever white ball seamer, and you'd be mad to leave him out even if the figure is a little fuller and the arm slightly slower than it used to be. He's also the incumbent captain, and whatever your opinion of that it's too late to change it. Just give him a strong vice to work with. 11 -Lahiru Kumara(bowler)
8 wickets @ 49.50, econ: 7.66 in 8 ODI matches
32 wickets @ 23.43, econ: 5.69 in 21 List A matches
The start to his ODI career was tough, but you can almost include Lahiru Kumara as a luxury seamer on flat English pitches. He's capable of hitting speed-gun readings as high as anyone else in the world, and that might be essential for blowing away Afghan, Bangladeshi and West Indian batsmen to avoid the wooden spoon. I know he's injured at the moment, but his hamstring should be fixed by the time the World Cup rolls around? Avishka Fernando(reserve hitter)
71 runs @ 14.20, SR: 89.87 in 5 ODI matches
1,115 runs @ 46.45, SR: 97.46 (4 centuries) in 28 List A matches
A difficult start to his international career hasn't exactly made him the first name on the team-sheet, but he's a talent pick with an enviable start to his List A career. The real question is if not Avishka, then who? Plus, in an already-probably-doomed World Cup campaign, it may not hurt to give an important young batsman some experience. Upul Tharanga(reserve accumulator)
6,951 runs @ 33.74, SR: 75.92 (15 centuries) in 235 ODI matches
11,952 runs @ 35.15, SR: 78.01 (28 centuries) in 381 List A matches
Best known as the supporting role in most of Sri Lanka's all-time best ODI batting partnerships, Upul Tharanga has for much of his career been an excellent ODI batsman in his own right. You sometimes get the feeling that the modern ODI game has left him behind, but he's still got a lot to offer in terms of calmness and experience. Wanindu Hasaranga(reserve hitter)
63 runs @ 10.50, SR: 88.73 and 9 wickets @ 32.88, econ: 6.85 in 9 ODI matches
760 runs @ 26.22, SR: 112.42 and 52 wickets @ 21.94, econ: 4.89 (2 5WI) in 41 List A matches
Another highly promising young player, Hasaranga can serve a dual role as a reserve spinner and a backup plan for the lower middle order as two of he, Senanayake and Udana could reasonably bat in pretty much any order. Hasaranga has also courted headlines for his electric fielding and his ODI debut hat-trick. Suranga Lakmal(reserve bowler)
105 wickets @ 31.62, econ: 5.40 in 81 ODI matches
228 wickets @ 28.03, econ: 5.29 (3 5WI) in 160 List A matches
He'd probably end up in Lahiru Kumara's spot in the starting eleven by mid-tournament, because Suranga Lakmal is the most able and committed of team men. It's actually quite a while since he was last used in ODI cricket, but he's an excellent man for all seasons. Injury Reserves:
In Cricket, a team who is forced to follow-on has to take their second inning immediately after their first. Batting Average; All rules for follow-on can be found in Law 14 of the Laws of Cricket. Formula – How to calculate whether follow on can be enforced. After each team has batted one inning, find the run differential between the two. In the sports game Cricket, the players batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been out. Batting average is a good metric for determining an individual batsmans skill as a batsman.In Cricket, most players have career batting averages in the range of 20 to 40. In Cricket, batting average is calculated as follows: Example…someone scores 1130 runs and he outs 35times than 1130/35 than his batting avg is 32.28 Similarly for bowling avg In Cricket, bowling average is calculated as follows: Bowling Average =... Definition – What is “Batting Average” in Cricket? Batting Average is the ratio of a player’s number of runs to the number of times they have been out. It is considered a good metric for a player’s skill as a bowler. We have a separate calculator for batting average in baseball. Formula – How to calculate Batting Average A batting average represents how many runs, on average, a batsman scores before getting out. The higher the batting average, the better the batsman's ability to score runs without getting out. Batting Average: Runs divided by (number of times out) = Runs divided by (Innings - Not Outs). How To Calculate Batting Strike Rate In Cricket . The batting strike rate is calculated by runs scored by a batsman and dividing it by the number of balls faced and then multiplying it by 100. The batting strike rate is rounded off to two decimal places. The Batting Strike Rate Formula. Batting Strike Rate = (runs scored/balls faced)*100 Below is the cricket batting average formula you can use to calculate your batting average. The Batting Average Formula. Batting average = Total runs scored/number of times dismissed. Example Of How You Calculate The Batting Average In Cricket. If a batsman has scored 1478 runs and been dismissed 31 times is batting average will be calculated Cricket Batting Average Formula. Batting Average = Number of Runs Scored / Number of Times Out (Or) Batting Average = (Total No. of runs scored by the batsman) / (No. of times he has got a chance to bat in the matches he has played (or) the number of innings played - number of times he has remained not out) Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batsmen in cricket and batters in baseball and softball. Batting average shows a hitters ability to reach base on a swing, a vital part of baseball. It is usually reported to three decimal places and read without the decimal. Let's use the formula to see which one has the best batting average. Homerun Harry had 9 hits out of 49 at bats. We can plug these numbers into the formula to calculate his batting average. A batting average is always rounded to three decimal places. Slugger Sam had 8 hits out of 38 at bats.
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