Introducing cricinsight: Visualize custom statistics

[viriya]

After the site overhaul the natural next step was to come up with a custom query tool that has access to all the data behind the ratings.

The result was cricinsight, an easy way to visualize custom statistics in a one-page view for better interactivity and usability. Think of it as a more usable and prettier version of statsguru.



Sample queries

• Test batsmen with >= 3000 runs
• IPL batsmen with >= 10 innings - Scatterplot shows that the strike rates plateau around 140
• ODI fielders with >= 20 catches (since 2005) - Histogram shows that most fielders drop 5-15% of regulation catches, with a positive skew (more poor catchers than very good catchers)
• Test ground statistics comparison (>= 20 matches)
• Sachin Tendulkar's Test batting away statistics grouped by opposition
• ODI win share statistics for players with >= 75 innings since 2005
• Test bowlers with >=10 2nd innings performances that were wins sorted by rating

Custom query options

• Match format (Test/ODI/T20I/FT20)
• Discipline (Batting/Bowling/All-Round/Fielding/Win Shares)
• Player (All or specific)
• Team (All or selected)
• Opposition (All or selected)
• Home or away
• Host country (All or selected)
• Ground (All or specific)
• Date range (from - to)
• Match result
• Batting or fielding first
• Innings
• Result qualification (to filter specific results)
• Group by (player, ground, opposition or inning)
• Sort results by
• Match type (knockout or world cup)
• League (For franchise t20 leagues All/IPL/BBL/CPL)

Appreciate any feedback on possible improvements and other ideas! Reddit post here.

 

[Daemon]

Is there any easier way to search for players besides the drop down list?

Looks pretty cool, I like how you can sort stats by leagues. Maybe get the WC in there as well?

 

[viriya]

You can type in players in the drop down - that doesn't work for mobile though.

You can select World Cup through the "Match type" option.

 

[viriya]

Fixed a few bugs:
- Submit button works as intended again
- The dropdowns in charts work as intended again
- The "improved" Player and Ground dropdowns are sorted alphabetically again and work in mobile now

 

[vcs]

This is brilliant work.. is this a hobby or your full-time job?

 

[viriya]

This is brilliant work.. is this a hobby or your full-time job?

Hobby. I spend a lot of time on this and would like to make it full-time but not viable atm.

 

[smash84]

the user interface looks pretty good, i will check it out later in the week

 

[Howe_zat]

This is ace. Great work.

I really like how you can look up individual points on the scatter graph, and how the colour lets you see how different nations have particular trends.

The red English blobs go from top left to bottom right - the more serious a batsman you are, the more you put a price on your wicket.
The blue Australian blobs go from bottom left to top right - the better a batsman you are, the more freely you score.

 

[Howe_zat]

This nerd sniped me HARD.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Great job, viriya.

 

[weldone]

Wow, Amit Mishra misses more than 50% catches in IPL, and David Miller doesn't miss any!

Betting sites surely don't have this kind of data - thanks viriya

 

[viriya]

Wow, Amit Mishra misses more than 50% catches in IPL, and David Miller doesn't miss any!

Betting sites surely don't have this kind of data - thanks viriya

Just for full disclosure, fielding stats need to be taken with a grain of salt since I can't guarantee that I'm picking up every single fielding event with my methodology. Those numbers aren't far off though.

Also, talking about betting, my next to do is to make a bettor's numbers haven. Stay tuned. I'm gonna call it "cricodds" to increase the chances cricinfo sues me

 

[Hurricane]

What about collecting bowling speeds as a measurement you can run stats queries over Virya?

It is often interesting to know how fast someone is bowling or has bowled...

 

[The Battlers Prince]

That looks awesome Viriya, top effort

 

[viriya]

What about collecting bowling speeds as a measurement you can run stats queries over Virya?

It is often interesting to know how fast someone is bowling or has bowled...

That would be some interesting data but afaik there is no good source for historical bowling speeds around (ball-by-ball). If you know where I can find it I can definitely take a look.
I could only find a summary - hardly enough data to play with.

 

[Shady Slim]

wow this is brilliant
one improvement i may suggest is the ability to differentiate between seamers and spinners, but regardless it's amazing

 

[viriya]

wow this is brilliant
one improvement i may suggest is the ability to differentiate between seamers and spinners, but regardless it's amazing

Thanks - and yea, that's something I don't store currently but it's out there so def possible.

 

[Athlai]

This is fantastic, good stuff.

 

[harsh.ag]

Turning out to be a gem of a website.

 

[Daemon]

I tried looking up bowling>T20>World Cups but the results come up empty. Are the WT20s not considered WCs in this?