Following the success of the Popped Collars last season, Friday night saw the claiming of a second consecutive premiership for the team through their offshoot 6-a-side institution, GG. The Grand Final victory was made all the more sweet by the fact that it was over a extremely vocal Indian Kangaroos - the team's arch rivals throughout the competition.
GG and the Kangaroos had met twice during the regular season, and had been in a constant struggle for top place on the ladder. On the first occasion the Kangaroos defeated a rather understrenth GG team quite comfortably. In the second encounter, the Kangaroos pulled off the narrowest of victories by scoring a three (doubled to make six) off the final ball of the match to win by 2 runs. They also held on to top spot on the ladder by a narrow margin for almost the entire season - in the end holding the position by just 6 points over GG.
The two teams dominated the competition; the only other team that looked like being a chance were the Wickies who were unfortunately disdvantaged by being placed in the top grade for the first portion of the season, and then were only able to come back enough to finish 5th.
The Grand Final itself started with an extremely lucky batting pair for the Indian Kangaroos. They managed to poke around with shots off the edge, shots off the body, awkward bounces of the ball out of net corners, missed chances by the fielders, and at least one umpiring decision in their favour. Through all of that they lost no wickets and scored 47 to give the Kangaroos a solid start to the game.
From there it all went to GG. The second pair played more aggressively, and the bowlers and fielders took advantage, keeping them below 30. The third pair played more aggresively still, and scored less runs still - unable to even reach 20.
Chasing an opposition total of just 92, it was the captain leading from the front. Brad and Sanjit batted first with plenty of safe play interspersed with the occasional putting away of a bad delivery. Brad made a solid 43 in a partnership of almost 60.
Rian and Xavier continued accumulating runs by incorporating the much-unloved "pro indoor" style of play. It was unexciting, but with the Kangaroos persisting with 2 fielders on the back net for the entire game, it was ridiculously easy to rack up the runs.
The final over of this pair brought some life back to the game. Rian popped the first ball up on the off side, but the fielder completely misjudged a catching chance. Xavier mishit a shot to the back net, presenting a sitter of a catch to the fielder there, who proceeded to drop it. The bowler was ropeable. And then... on the final ball... the game came alive! Xavier, with his team clearly on ttrack for victory, was looking to bring some excitement back to the match. He charged, swung, was beaten by a slower spinning ball, and was stumped, for -10 runs.
...and the Kangaroos bowler celebrated. Well, celebrated may be an understatement - he was down on one knee, he was pumping his fists, he was roaring with jubilation. Never have I seen such an exquisitely out-of-proportion (but still genuine) celebration of a wicket. GG still led by a run with an entire batting pair still to come, but the excitement was that of a man who had just taken a wicket from the last ball of the match to claim victory.
Even the umpire on the next court was enthralled by the celebration, and decided that this game must be the one to watch.
Throughout the final batting pair, with the result of the cricket game beyond doubt, there was a new competition underway... which team could roar the loudest in approval of and support for themselves. But the Indian Kangaroos could not even win this battle. While they cheered, high-fived, back-patted, and jumped around at the fall of every wicket, GG (and their small cheer squad) were screaming at everything else. Twos, singles, dot-balls, leaves outside the off stump, wides... everything that didn't lose them runs brought a roar of approval. GG officially claimed victory in the shouting match when some guys off-court in another game called for them to "Shut The F#@& Up!!"
The final over was subdued , but Andy continued to strike blows in the mental battle by asking for all 4 wides to be rebowled by the man who started the outrageous celebrations 4 overs before.
Upstairs after the game, GG indulged in jugs of beer, plates of wedges, beer glasses of victory and premiership shirts of glory. The unfortunate part of it all was that Gareth - the man whose oft-injured groin was the namesake and mascot of the team - was not around to share in the moment.
GG shall now be retired from indoor cricket with a 100% premiership record.
Monday, 30 August 2010
Friday, 20 August 2010
Stat Of The Moment: Election Spending
And now for something completely different...
This comes from an article detailing the amount of money spent on television advertising by the various parties during this election campaign. Hidden among the "...millions of dollars" spent and "...thousands of advertisements" screened by the major parties comes this pure-gold statistic:
"the Communist Alliance recorded the most modest spend, airing one advertisement, just once, for an estimated outlay of $76"
This comes from an article detailing the amount of money spent on television advertising by the various parties during this election campaign. Hidden among the "...millions of dollars" spent and "...thousands of advertisements" screened by the major parties comes this pure-gold statistic:
"the Communist Alliance recorded the most modest spend, airing one advertisement, just once, for an estimated outlay of $76"
Eventful Innings
First things first - I'm moving house this week, and so the cricket scorecards are all packed away, and so I'm still using stats that are a few weeks behind. But that's fine.
This week's question comes from someone on the team. I don't remember who, and it took me a long time to remember what it was. The question was this:
Who has been out the most times while still mangaging to make a positive score?
So we are looking for innings containing both many wickets and many runs. Eventful innings. Let's start from the top of the "most wickets lost" list and see when we find our first positive score...
8 wickets
Let's start at the very bottom of the pile - the most times a person has been out in an innings is 8. That was by our mate Bren, from the Boonies. He has also played for us a few times, but fortunately he was playing against us on the day he racked up a total of -30.
7 wickets
A few people have managed to lose 7 wickets - Sanjit and Jake are the only offenders from the Popped Collars - and in one instance, a bloke going by the name "Jarvo" managed to finish with a score of -2. So close to the record we're looking for. He faced 16 balls that day, meaning he racked up 33 runs off his 9 non-wicket balls.
6 wickets
However we have to drop to the 6-wicket list before we find a positive score. Aidan (from the team Just 1 More) and Simon (Big 4 Bandits) managed to make scores of 1 and 3 respectively despite losing 6 wickets.
Both of them were mainly helped by facing a lot of balls (18 and 19 respectively). In Simon's case, he faced 4 extras (including a no-ball hit for 7) and scored an overthrow to hog the strike some more.
5 wickets
Looking at the next teir (5-wickets) we find what I believe are the two most impressive performances. Both B.Lockley and A.Pearson have had a turn at losing 5 wickets in an innings, while managing to make totals above 20!
This means both of them hit almost 50 runs... and then lost more than half. Brad actually made it to 3/19 in two overs. Pearson faced only 17 balls including 5 wickets and 6 back-net shots.
The Reverse situation
So what about this:
What is the least number of wickets lost while still making a negative score?
That dubious honour goes to Phil's Floggers player, Darren. 2 wickets lost, and a total score of -1. And he didn't even get out on the jackpot ball! He faced 14 balls: 2 wickets, 5 dots, 5 singles, 2 twos.
For Popped Collars, Sanjit is close to this record, having acheived a 2/0. A player for the Boonies has also done a 2/0 which included hitting a five!
This week's question comes from someone on the team. I don't remember who, and it took me a long time to remember what it was. The question was this:
Who has been out the most times while still mangaging to make a positive score?
So we are looking for innings containing both many wickets and many runs. Eventful innings. Let's start from the top of the "most wickets lost" list and see when we find our first positive score...
8 wickets
Let's start at the very bottom of the pile - the most times a person has been out in an innings is 8. That was by our mate Bren, from the Boonies. He has also played for us a few times, but fortunately he was playing against us on the day he racked up a total of -30.
7 wickets
A few people have managed to lose 7 wickets - Sanjit and Jake are the only offenders from the Popped Collars - and in one instance, a bloke going by the name "Jarvo" managed to finish with a score of -2. So close to the record we're looking for. He faced 16 balls that day, meaning he racked up 33 runs off his 9 non-wicket balls.
6 wickets
However we have to drop to the 6-wicket list before we find a positive score. Aidan (from the team Just 1 More) and Simon (Big 4 Bandits) managed to make scores of 1 and 3 respectively despite losing 6 wickets.
Both of them were mainly helped by facing a lot of balls (18 and 19 respectively). In Simon's case, he faced 4 extras (including a no-ball hit for 7) and scored an overthrow to hog the strike some more.
5 wickets
Looking at the next teir (5-wickets) we find what I believe are the two most impressive performances. Both B.Lockley and A.Pearson have had a turn at losing 5 wickets in an innings, while managing to make totals above 20!
This means both of them hit almost 50 runs... and then lost more than half. Brad actually made it to 3/19 in two overs. Pearson faced only 17 balls including 5 wickets and 6 back-net shots.
The Reverse situation
So what about this:
What is the least number of wickets lost while still making a negative score?
That dubious honour goes to Phil's Floggers player, Darren. 2 wickets lost, and a total score of -1. And he didn't even get out on the jackpot ball! He faced 14 balls: 2 wickets, 5 dots, 5 singles, 2 twos.
For Popped Collars, Sanjit is close to this record, having acheived a 2/0. A player for the Boonies has also done a 2/0 which included hitting a five!
Monday, 16 August 2010
Coming soon: Greatest moments of Indoor
Rian, once again, offers the inspiration for today's post by suggesting something unrelated to statistics. After the infamous organisational skills of the NICC were displayed yet again on Friday night, Rian asked for a list of some of the great stuff-ups of everyone's "favourite" indoor cricket centre.
While such disorganisation has been common, I am struggling to recall any such incidents that would stand out as being "great". In fact, there's been so many minor stuff-ups that I can't really remember any of them specifically.
I'm therefore gunning for something more exciting, and something that all of you, my dedicated readers, can contribute to. A list of the "greatest" moment in indoor cricket... or at least, moments in the history of indoor cricket that we have been involved with.
Post a comment, or send me an email reminding me of (or describing, if for some reason I wasn't around at the time) some of the great indoor cricket tales.
It could be a thrilling match, an epic individual performance, an unlikely turn of events, a humerous off-court anecdote, an extraordinary single moment in time, a classic ongoing gag, a memorable character from the past... or whatever else you feel is appropriate. It could be from Popped Collars, or any of its predecessor teams - or from any other team or time in our, or your, past.
I already have a short list that I am compiling on my own, but I would appreciate anything that others have to say. Having played somewhere in the vicinity of 500 games of indoor in my life, and umpired another couple of hundred, I'm bound to forget plenty of the best parts.
...and more stats shall be coming later in the week, after tonight's Popped Collars game!
While such disorganisation has been common, I am struggling to recall any such incidents that would stand out as being "great". In fact, there's been so many minor stuff-ups that I can't really remember any of them specifically.
I'm therefore gunning for something more exciting, and something that all of you, my dedicated readers, can contribute to. A list of the "greatest" moment in indoor cricket... or at least, moments in the history of indoor cricket that we have been involved with.
Post a comment, or send me an email reminding me of (or describing, if for some reason I wasn't around at the time) some of the great indoor cricket tales.
It could be a thrilling match, an epic individual performance, an unlikely turn of events, a humerous off-court anecdote, an extraordinary single moment in time, a classic ongoing gag, a memorable character from the past... or whatever else you feel is appropriate. It could be from Popped Collars, or any of its predecessor teams - or from any other team or time in our, or your, past.
I already have a short list that I am compiling on my own, but I would appreciate anything that others have to say. Having played somewhere in the vicinity of 500 games of indoor in my life, and umpired another couple of hundred, I'm bound to forget plenty of the best parts.
...and more stats shall be coming later in the week, after tonight's Popped Collars game!
Friday, 6 August 2010
Jackpot Master (part 2)
Note: I've just realised I'm getting all the stats for this weeks posts from a version of my database that is a few games behind. But that's fine, we'll just pretend I wrote it a few weeks ago. I'll make sure I check which version I'm using in future...
...And now for a look at the performance of batsmen on jackpot balls.
Let's start at the bottom. James, the Jackpot God we proclaimed yesterday, just seems to attract the negative-tens. Yesterday we discovered he's bowled 3 jackpot balls for 3 wickets - today we discover he has faced 3 jackpot balls, for 2 wickets, and sits comfortably at the bottom of the batting list, 16 runs behind Pearson, the only other person with a negative total.
Of the regulars, Julian is the mixed bag - he is the equal leader in both sevens hit and in wickets lost... although admittedly neither number is very big. He joins Xavier and Jake as the players who have been out 3 times each, and our team has only hit a seven on 3 occasions - Julian, Rian and Andy having one each.
But the inconsistent approach seems to not be working so well for him - counting average runs per ball, Jules sits second-last out of the 8 standard players.
The players at the top of the list are all about consistency. Unsurprisingly, the first thing we see is that the top two players are also the two players who have never lost a jackpot-wicket. Sanjit, in second place, has probably been helped by the fact that he's only faced 8 jackpots, easily the least of the regular players. But Andy, who has faced 28 jackpots (second only to Brad's 33), has also never lost a wicket! This puts A.Ragg firmly on top of the batting jackpot list.
But wait a minute... how can someone face 28 balls, all with double score, without losing a wicket, and only have an average of less than 3 runs per ball??
The answer is: by taking the test match approach. Plenty of leaving-outside-off, play-and-miss and padding-up (9 dot-balls, 5 wides) and poking around for 1s and 2s. Apart from his single seven (aka fourteen), and a single three (aka six), the A-Ragg has hit nothing more than a two (aka four) in 26 balls. Boring? Sure. Effective? Indeed...
...and combined with his bowling stats... All-Round Jackpot Master? Absolutely.
...And now for a look at the performance of batsmen on jackpot balls.
Let's start at the bottom. James, the Jackpot God we proclaimed yesterday, just seems to attract the negative-tens. Yesterday we discovered he's bowled 3 jackpot balls for 3 wickets - today we discover he has faced 3 jackpot balls, for 2 wickets, and sits comfortably at the bottom of the batting list, 16 runs behind Pearson, the only other person with a negative total.
Of the regulars, Julian is the mixed bag - he is the equal leader in both sevens hit and in wickets lost... although admittedly neither number is very big. He joins Xavier and Jake as the players who have been out 3 times each, and our team has only hit a seven on 3 occasions - Julian, Rian and Andy having one each.
But the inconsistent approach seems to not be working so well for him - counting average runs per ball, Jules sits second-last out of the 8 standard players.
The players at the top of the list are all about consistency. Unsurprisingly, the first thing we see is that the top two players are also the two players who have never lost a jackpot-wicket. Sanjit, in second place, has probably been helped by the fact that he's only faced 8 jackpots, easily the least of the regular players. But Andy, who has faced 28 jackpots (second only to Brad's 33), has also never lost a wicket! This puts A.Ragg firmly on top of the batting jackpot list.
| Name | Balls | Runs | Runs/Ball |
| Andy | 28 | 78 | 2.79 |
| Sanjit | 8 | 20 | 2.50 |
| Rian | 19 | 46 | 2.42 |
| Brad | 33 | 74 | 2.24 |
| Xavier | 21 | 34 | 1.62 |
| Gareth | 20 | 30 | 1.50 |
| Julian | 20 | 24 | 1.20 |
| Jake | 17 | 12 | 0.71 |
But wait a minute... how can someone face 28 balls, all with double score, without losing a wicket, and only have an average of less than 3 runs per ball??
The answer is: by taking the test match approach. Plenty of leaving-outside-off, play-and-miss and padding-up (9 dot-balls, 5 wides) and poking around for 1s and 2s. Apart from his single seven (aka fourteen), and a single three (aka six), the A-Ragg has hit nothing more than a two (aka four) in 26 balls. Boring? Sure. Effective? Indeed...
...and combined with his bowling stats... All-Round Jackpot Master? Absolutely.
Thursday, 5 August 2010
Jackpot Master
In recent posts I've looked at "Going For The 9" and "Rage" (multiple types). Today we investigate the validity of another common catch-cry of the Popped Collars team, by finding out who truly holds the title of "Jackpot Master"
In the beginning, there was the jackpot ball. And Gareth said "let there be wickets upon the jackpot ball". And there was wickets upon the jackpot ball.
Early days
As I recall, the early title of "Jackpot Master" went to Gareth, for his apparently high success rate when bowling the jackpot ball (the first ball of each batting pair which is worth double-score). However, the stats show that this may have been an inaccurate conclusion on our part. The "Jackpot Master" crown in the early days should actually have gone to Brad, who in 2009 (our first 17 matches) had bowled 6 jackpot-balls for a total of -14 runs. He was the only regular player to have a negative total to his name. Unfortunately for Brad, 2010 arrived (more on that later).
Jackpot-pair
I had a theory that perhaps it was a single great performance that had given Gareth the unofficial title - perhaps he had a single match where he bowled two jackpot-balls for two wickets... but no - the only person to have acheived that for Popped Collars is Andy, in the first game of 2010.
Team-effort
The best team effort in a match is 3 jackpot-wickets. In the same game that Andy claimed a pair, Gareth also picked up a jackpot-wicket. In the ultimate irony, the only jackpot-ball that was not a wicket in that match was the first ball of the match - and indeed, the first ball of the year - which was bowled by the reigning 2009 Jackpot Master, Brad.... and it was hit for 7.
Conclusions
"Jackpot Master" : Andy
Of the 8 regular players, Andy currently has the best average runs/ball when bowling the jackpot. He is closely followed by Brad, who is being held up by his dominance in the early days.
"Jackpot God" : James
Just as many humans look beyond the earthly realm for something greater than themselves, so do I look beyond our regular team for divine performances. And there I find James. In his small number of games, he has bowled 3 jackpot balls, and maintained a perfect record. -30 runs.
"Jackpot Devil" : Steve (the real one, not to be confused with Sanjit's alter-ego)
If James is God, then logically Steve must be Satan. Being the opposite of James, he as the unenviable record of having bowled just one jackpot ball, for a total of 14 runs.
In the beginning, there was the jackpot ball. And Gareth said "let there be wickets upon the jackpot ball". And there was wickets upon the jackpot ball.
Early days
As I recall, the early title of "Jackpot Master" went to Gareth, for his apparently high success rate when bowling the jackpot ball (the first ball of each batting pair which is worth double-score). However, the stats show that this may have been an inaccurate conclusion on our part. The "Jackpot Master" crown in the early days should actually have gone to Brad, who in 2009 (our first 17 matches) had bowled 6 jackpot-balls for a total of -14 runs. He was the only regular player to have a negative total to his name. Unfortunately for Brad, 2010 arrived (more on that later).
Jackpot-pair
I had a theory that perhaps it was a single great performance that had given Gareth the unofficial title - perhaps he had a single match where he bowled two jackpot-balls for two wickets... but no - the only person to have acheived that for Popped Collars is Andy, in the first game of 2010.
Team-effort
The best team effort in a match is 3 jackpot-wickets. In the same game that Andy claimed a pair, Gareth also picked up a jackpot-wicket. In the ultimate irony, the only jackpot-ball that was not a wicket in that match was the first ball of the match - and indeed, the first ball of the year - which was bowled by the reigning 2009 Jackpot Master, Brad.... and it was hit for 7.
Conclusions
"Jackpot Master" : Andy
Of the 8 regular players, Andy currently has the best average runs/ball when bowling the jackpot. He is closely followed by Brad, who is being held up by his dominance in the early days.
"Jackpot God" : James
Just as many humans look beyond the earthly realm for something greater than themselves, so do I look beyond our regular team for divine performances. And there I find James. In his small number of games, he has bowled 3 jackpot balls, and maintained a perfect record. -30 runs.
"Jackpot Devil" : Steve (the real one, not to be confused with Sanjit's alter-ego)
If James is God, then logically Steve must be Satan. Being the opposite of James, he as the unenviable record of having bowled just one jackpot ball, for a total of 14 runs.
| Name | Balls | Runs against | Runs/Ball |
| Andy | 16 | 14 | 0.88 |
| Brad | 20 | 24 | 1.2 |
| Xavier | 18 | 42 | 2.33 |
| Sanjit | 16 | 38 | 2.38 |
| Jake | 44 | 106 | 2.41 |
| Gareth | 24 | 60 | 2.5 |
| Julian | 8 | 20 | 2.5 |
| Rian | 22 | 58 | 2.64 |
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Rage analysis (bowling)
As a continuation from the previous post, we're now looking at which bowlers recover best from a bad delivery. What are people's stats on the ball after they get hit for seven?
There's some very interesting results here. First and foremost, it provides proof of something that we all knew already... The Brage doesn't work with bowling. After being hit for seven, Brad's average runs per ball is around 1.5x worse. It also shows that my theory of Sanjit's ability to recover after a bad ball only applied to batting.
The numbers that really stand out, however, come from X and G. They both have a negative average runs per ball after being hit for a so-called "maximum".
Don't foget, though, that the ball after a seven will usually be bowled to the opposite batsman to the one who hit the seven. So maybe this is saying something about the psychological factors surrounding watching your batting partner do well. Hmmm, sounds a bit deep and meaningful for this blog... so instead, here's a table of numbers:
There's some very interesting results here. First and foremost, it provides proof of something that we all knew already... The Brage doesn't work with bowling. After being hit for seven, Brad's average runs per ball is around 1.5x worse. It also shows that my theory of Sanjit's ability to recover after a bad ball only applied to batting.
The numbers that really stand out, however, come from X and G. They both have a negative average runs per ball after being hit for a so-called "maximum".
Don't foget, though, that the ball after a seven will usually be bowled to the opposite batsman to the one who hit the seven. So maybe this is saying something about the psychological factors surrounding watching your batting partner do well. Hmmm, sounds a bit deep and meaningful for this blog... so instead, here's a table of numbers:
| Name | Runs/Ball overall | Runs/Ball after7 | Compare (%) | Compare (+/-) |
| Xavier | 0.58 | -0.81 | -139.4 | -1.40 |
| Gareth | 0.75 | -0.17 | -23.2 | -0.92 |
| Andy | 0.82 | 0.33 | 40.8 | -0.48 |
| Julian | 1.24 | 1.14 | 92.2 | -0.10 |
| Rian | 0.81 | 0.75 | 93.1 | -0.06 |
| Brad | 0.95 | 1.38 | 145.4 | +0.43 |
| Sanjit | 0.98 | 1.69 | 173.4 | +0.72 |
| Jake | 0.98 | 1.71 | 174.1 | +0.73 |
Monday, 2 August 2010
Rage Analysis (batting)
We all know that rage is a big part of life among the Popped Collars players. Captain Brad leads from the front in the raging stakes - the most famous being the time he played it safe on the final ball of a skin by leaving the ball alone, only to be given out LBW, and lose the skin.
While there are no stats kept on actual rage levels reached by players during the game, we can assume that - when batting - the rage builds in any player after they lose a wicket. So in this - the first of 5 mini-blogs for the week - I will look at which batsmen perform the best on the ball after they lose a wicket.
You might say that this stat will show us who bats better when bringing the rage, or you might say that it's who has the cool head, and is able to calmly put aside the events of the previous ball and carry on batting well. The stats are inconclusive....
So there you go, Brad scores the most runs per ball when he has just lost a wicket. Seems to prove the theory that "we play better when there's more rage!"
But is that true. After all, Brad scores the most runs per ball usually anyway. So what about this... who shows the greatest IMPROVEMENT when they've just lost a wicket. Let's compare the numbers above to people's overall averages...
Domination from Sanjit!! The big-fella's batting skills are almost doubled after he's just been out! Perhaps this could be employed as a strategy for the opposition (don't get Sanjit out - he'll punish you next ball). Or perhaps a coaching technique (Sanjit, every ball, imagine that you just got out last ball!). Or a strategy to improve performance (take Stevejit into the next net before he goes into bat and bowl him out a few times).
I find it hard to believe that Sanj is the epitomy of rage in our team, so I'm going to take this as an indication of cool-headedness, and the ability to put poor performance behind him.
While there are no stats kept on actual rage levels reached by players during the game, we can assume that - when batting - the rage builds in any player after they lose a wicket. So in this - the first of 5 mini-blogs for the week - I will look at which batsmen perform the best on the ball after they lose a wicket.
You might say that this stat will show us who bats better when bringing the rage, or you might say that it's who has the cool head, and is able to calmly put aside the events of the previous ball and carry on batting well. The stats are inconclusive....
| Name | Balls | Runs | Runs/Ball |
| Brad | 70 | 129 | 1.84 |
| Xavier | 74 | 119 | 1.61 |
| Sanjit | 77 | 97 | 1.26 |
| Jake | 71 | 82 | 1.15 |
| Julian | 56 | 64 | 1.14 |
| Gareth | 59 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Rian | 57 | 49 | 0.86 |
| Andy | 69 | 56 | 0.81 |
So there you go, Brad scores the most runs per ball when he has just lost a wicket. Seems to prove the theory that "we play better when there's more rage!"
But is that true. After all, Brad scores the most runs per ball usually anyway. So what about this... who shows the greatest IMPROVEMENT when they've just lost a wicket. Let's compare the numbers above to people's overall averages...
| Name | R/B overall | R/B after-wicket | Comparison (%) |
| Sanjit | 0.7 | 1.26 | 181.2 |
| Xavier | 1.29 | 1.61 | 124.7 |
| Brad | 1.52 | 1.84 | 121.4 |
| Jake | 0.98 | 1.15 | 117.8 |
| Gareth | 0.99 | 0.98 | 99.3 |
| Julian | 1.42 | 1.14 | 80.4 |
| Andy | 1.07 | 0.81 | 75.6 |
| Rian | 1.41 | 0.86 | 61.2 |
Domination from Sanjit!! The big-fella's batting skills are almost doubled after he's just been out! Perhaps this could be employed as a strategy for the opposition (don't get Sanjit out - he'll punish you next ball). Or perhaps a coaching technique (Sanjit, every ball, imagine that you just got out last ball!). Or a strategy to improve performance (take Stevejit into the next net before he goes into bat and bowl him out a few times).
I find it hard to believe that Sanj is the epitomy of rage in our team, so I'm going to take this as an indication of cool-headedness, and the ability to put poor performance behind him.
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