Inspirational Stats

It's semi-final week, and time to inspire the troops to perform well. Here are a few quick stats to get you fired up for tonight's big game.

First of all, for anyone who feels like they're in a bit of a form slump and things aren't going their way... fear not, this first stat shows that no matter how bad things are, there's always the chance that you'll turn it all around in an instant.

Here are the lists of the biggest improvements by an individual player from one game to the next:

Batting

Player	Dates	First Game	Next game	Improvement
Julian	27/2 - 3/4/2012	-19	48	67
Rian	29/7 - 5/8/2014	-27	39	66
Andy	30/5 - 6/6/2011	-22	40	62
Rian	31/1 - 21/2/2011	17	77	60
Jake	21/12/09 - 11/1/10	-29	28	57
Xavier	17/1 - 24/1/2011	0	57	57
Matt	21/8 - 14/9/2012	-17	33	50

Bowling

Player	Dates	First Game	Next Game	Improvement
Rian	8/11 - 15/11/2013	54	-2	56
Andy	28/2 - 21/3/2011	26	-27	53
Jake	21/9 - 28/9/2009	40	-7	47
Jake	29/11 - 13/12/10	43	-4	47

Total Contribution

Player	Dates	First Game	Next game	Improvement
Jake	21/12/09 - 11/1/10	-54	+34	88
Rian	29/11 - 6/12/2010	-15	+66	81
Rian	29/7 - 5/8/2014	-44	+35	79
Julian	27/2 - 3/4/2012	-48	+29	77
Andy	30/5 - 6/6/2011	-49	+26	75

Our other inspirational stat is to find the inspirational players. These are the people whose mere presence in the team lineup improves our chances of winning - irrespective of how well or how badly they play.

Over all-time, the Popped Collars have a win percentage of 68.7% (167 from 243). Following is a list of people whose individual win percentage is higher than the team as a whole.

When things are looking grim, you will find comfort and inspiration in knowing that these guys are in your team...

Player	Matches	Won	Percentage
Jim	28	23	82.1
Tim	16	12	75.0
Jake	73	53	72.6
Brad	212	150	70.8
Rian	194	137	70.6
Sanjit	184	128	69.6
Andy	137	95	69.3
Julian	94	65	69.1