Gareth's self-confidence booster

The question of the week this week, was very simple. Gareth began by asking which bowlers had taken the most wickets for our team, and was disappointed to learn that Xavier and Brad led the way, simply because they have played the most games.

And so the question was refined: Which bowler has the most wickets per over?

A simple question... and so I generalised it, and shall investigate a range of questions of the form

Who [does something] [most/least often] per [unit of time/cricket]?

1. Who takes the most wickets per over?
It quickly became apparent that Gareth had a good reason for asking his question... he wanted to make himself look good. Here's the table of results

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Who hits the most 7s per innings?
Here’s the sloggers. Or at least, the most successful sloggers. If only there were stats for ‘attempted 7s’

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Who faces the most balls per innings?
With this question we’re revealing the strike-hoggers. The people who face more than their fair share of the 32 balls each pair gets when they go in to bat.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Who gets the most extra turns at batting and bowling?
There were a few sceptics last week when Brad went back in to bat when we were a player short. And this stat gives justification to those people who can now see that our leader bowls and bats for missing players much more often than anyone else. Is this leading from the front and putting himself in the firing line – showing how it’s done with additional inspirational captains knocks? Or is it just abuse of power?