Good/Bad contributions despite a bad/good performance

This is a topic that, on several occasions, I've thought I'd already written about. But apparently I haven't. So here it is. This is all about players who do very badly in one aspect of the game (batting or bowling), but still manage to get a positive contribution. Also players who do very well in one aspect, but end up with a negative contribution.


Two weeks ago, there was discussion of "runs caused". The records listed there were players who both scored and conceded many runs in the same game. Several of those performances will show up again in these first tables.

So here we go... what is the highest score that a player has made, while still ending up with a negative contribution to his team overall?
For consistency, contribution will always be counted using the score made in your first bat, and your first two overs bowled (ie, no extra innings/overs)

Highest batting scores, but with negative contribution

Player	Team	Batting	Bowling	Contribution
Tim	The Balbs	43	58	-15
Brad	Popped Collars	41	42	-1
Mark	Four Skins [Lyneham]	40	50	-10
Brad	Popped Collars	38	41	-3
Joel	4 Skins	36	38	-2
Danny	I Got The Runs	36	41	-5
Jake	GG	36	41	-5
Brad	Popped Collars	35	43	-8
Gareth	Popped Collars	34	35	-1
Paul	Tuff Stuff	34	40	-6

I love the performance at the top of that list. Not only is it the highest score, but it is also the most negative contribution. On top of that, his bowling figures were actually 1/58... he took a wicket! The wicket was his first ball, and he then got taken to the back net 8 times including 4 sevens.
This is another game that I remember - a bunch of centre brats who came out swinging and scored 100 in their first skin. We pegged them back after that, and batted well, but the opening partnership was too big for us to overcome.

Also good to see Brad in there 3 times, as expected after his "runs caused" stats from the previous post.


Worst bowling, but with positive contribution
This is similar to the last list - we're still looking at lots of runs caused - but for those whose batting managed to make up for their poor performance with the ball.

Player	Team	Batting	Bowling	Contribution
Mick	Pidge's Coupe	42	38	4
Slav	Pro-Live	40	37	3
Brad	Popped Collars	55	36	19
Brad	Popped Collars	39	35	4
Brad	Popped Collars	44	35	9
Andy	Popped Collars	49	35	14
Ben	The Tards	36	34	2
Rian	Popped Collars	77	34	43
Deano	Son Of Haq	34	33	1
Razor	Half-Inch Nipples	36	33	3
Sanjit	Popped Collars	41	33	8

Once again it's Brad, Brad, Brad hogging the stats (literally, with his three in a row there).


Lowest batting scores, but with positive contribution
Now let's switch it up again. Here are people who batted badly, but managed to make up enough with the ball to be a useful contributor to their team's performance.

Player	Team	Batting	Bowling	Contribution
Josh	Having A Bat	-14	-15	1
Gareth	Popped Collars	-5	-21	16
Shane	Popped Collars	-3	-13	10
Rod	Pidge's Coupe	-2	-13	11
Jacob	Big 4 Bandits	-1	-4	3
Henry	Four Skins [Lyneham]	-1	-5	4
James	Popped Collars	-1	-8	7
Shane	501	-1	-9	8
Nigel	4 Skins	-1	-14	13
Gareth	Popped Collars	-1	-19	18

That list covers everyone who has made a negative score, then bowled their way into the positives.

Best bowling, but with negative contribution
To complete all the possible combinations, here's those whose contribution was a let down even after they bowled superbly.

Player	Team	Batting	Bowling	Contribution
Jim Ragg	Popped Collars	-27	-14	-13
Luke	Squid Tubes	-13	-11	-2
Timmy	The Balbs	-10	-9	-1
#10 (Carl?)	The Wingmen	-12	-6	-6
Sam	Squid Tubes	-17	-5	-12
Jarrod	Stimulated	-9	-3	-6
Sanjit	Popped Collars	-3	-2	-1
Chris K	Jug Chasers	-12	-2	-10
Andy	Popped Collars	-4	-1	-3

Jim Ragg absolutely takes the cake here. In all our stats, that bowling performance that rates in the top 1.5% (about 40th out of about 2700), and then the third worst score on record with the bat.

At first I thought this may have been the game he attempted to do "The 9", but gave up because the opposition got pissy about it. But no, Jim scored his -27 in a game against 4Skins (who were the team who later helped Rian achieve the 9), and the game was actually in the balance at the time:
Chasing 107, Xavier and Julian had made 39 for the first pair when Jim went in to bat with Rian. And that was where the game stopped being interesting (except for those who enjoyed watching Jim lose wickets). He faced 16 balls and was out 8 times.

Zero contribution
Everything before this has been looking at positive and negative contributions. So for absolute completeness, I will mention that the records for making a contribution of exactly zero are:

• The highest score (and worst bowling) is 34 by Rian and also by Joel (4Skins)
• The lowest score (and best bowling) is -3 by Gareth, way back in 2009.

Deja Vu

The more I write about these stats, the more I'm certain that I've looked at them before. Perhaps I looked at them for my own interest. Perhaps I planned, or even started a blog post about it, but never finished. In any case, if anyone comes across another mention of them from the past... let me know...