Spark
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I've long been interested in "measuring" a batsman's ability to convert (or at least weight) for a while. Decided to try something out this afternoon. It's simple, but I like simple when it comes to statistical measures.
(Ignore the lines with the plot commands)
Basically this is just a weighted average of a batsman's innings with this weight function:
You can see that hundreds - and especially big hundreds - are given a massive weight according to this
This is extremely crude (with obvious shortcomings, i.e. no context, no consideration for not outs) and since I've entered the data manually, I've only done five batsmen. E: more as I add them
Michael Clarke: 0.3581
Shane Watson: 0.1868
Ian Bell: 0.2687
Hashim Amla 0.3451
Don Bradman: 0.7897
Sachin Tendulkar: 0.3698
Kumar Sangakkara: 0.4242
Have at it. (note: typos and mistakes in my data entry probably mean these are wrong)
For some context: a batsman who makes only 100s would get 0.7854. A batsman who scores nothing but 50s would get 0.1974. A batsman who scores nothing but 0s and 100s in equal measure would score 0.3927.
EDIT: Scroll down for a complete list.
(Ignore the lines with the plot commands)
Basically this is just a weighted average of a batsman's innings with this weight function:
You can see that hundreds - and especially big hundreds - are given a massive weight according to this
This is extremely crude (with obvious shortcomings, i.e. no context, no consideration for not outs) and since I've entered the data manually, I've only done five batsmen. E: more as I add them
Michael Clarke: 0.3581
Shane Watson: 0.1868
Ian Bell: 0.2687
Hashim Amla 0.3451
Don Bradman: 0.7897
Sachin Tendulkar: 0.3698
Kumar Sangakkara: 0.4242
Have at it. (note: typos and mistakes in my data entry probably mean these are wrong)
For some context: a batsman who makes only 100s would get 0.7854. A batsman who scores nothing but 50s would get 0.1974. A batsman who scores nothing but 0s and 100s in equal measure would score 0.3927.
EDIT: Scroll down for a complete list.
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