Regular players and low totals

There has been some kind of technical difficulties. With this weeks article 90% written, the "edit post" webpage somehow deleted the whole thing. And because it auto-saves, I couldn't get it back! So here is a quickly re-written abbreviated version of this week's stats...

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.

Wicket-type specialists

As is often the case, an interesting fact from the previous game sparks a thought from someone which turns into a blog post. Last match, Xavier took 4 wickets, all of which were bowled. It has never seemed that bowling batsmen out was a strength of his, but something must have gone right for this one week. Let's extract some stats.

Runs Caused

A few weeks ago, a game was played where captain Brad led from the front with the bat, and trailed behind with the ball. He both scored and conceded more than 50 runs. What stats and records can we find with this as a starting point?

How many balls should you face?

Last time, the stats were about the number of balls each batter faced with a pair. This time, I've been asked for a more detailed variation of that theme. Today, we look at a few simple stats, such as averages and high-scores, but sort the results based on how many balls the batter faced in their innings. If that doesn't make sense, too bad, just keep reading.