ENGLAND SERIES "REAL" AVERAGES
What are real averages?
It is my suspicion that too much of a player's success or failure is based on luck. Their batting average can of course be affected by the standard of bowling they face, the quality of the wicket, the speed of the outfield, the quality of the opposition captain (i.e. does he place his fielder's in the right place), the quality of the ground fielding, the quality of catching and the quality of the umpiring. Most of these can't be accounted for - or at least they could be, but it would take a lot of analysis and work. The last two, wrong decisions by umpires and dropped catches can be accounted for pretty easily, so that's what I've tried to do below.
(Please note, real averages are accurate only to the best of the ability of those at Cricket Burble using online reports where we haven't seen the TV footage)
England/South Africa 2008 Test Series Real Averages
Players are listed in "real" average order, with their official average following in brackets.
de Villiers: 76 (64)
Collingwood: 66.7 (58)
Broad: 53.7 (53.7)
Pietersen: 50.3 (61)
Amla: 48.8 (45.8)
Bell: 46.9 (47.4)
McKenzie: 46.3 (48.4)
Prince: 45.9 (54.7)
Cook: 45.7 (47)
Smith: 34.7 (61.5)
Strauss: 30 (25.7)
Flintoff: 28.3 (28.3)
Harris: 24 (24)
Ambrose: 17.8 (16.2)
Boucher: 16.8 (27.6)
Kallis: 14.9 (14.9)
Steyn: 14.5 (29)
Sidebottom: 12.5 (12.5)
Pattinson: 10.5 (10.5)
Morkel: 10.2 (10.2)
Vaughan: 8 (8)
Anderson: 6.5 (15)
Nel: 3.5 (3.5)
Panesar: 2.8 (2.8)
Ntini: 1.5 (1.5)
Harmison: N/A
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As yet, we have not looked into generating "real" bowling averages.
It is my suspicion that too much of a player's success or failure is based on luck. Their batting average can of course be affected by the standard of bowling they face, the quality of the wicket, the speed of the outfield, the quality of the opposition captain (i.e. does he place his fielder's in the right place), the quality of the ground fielding, the quality of catching and the quality of the umpiring. Most of these can't be accounted for - or at least they could be, but it would take a lot of analysis and work. The last two, wrong decisions by umpires and dropped catches can be accounted for pretty easily, so that's what I've tried to do below.
(Please note, real averages are accurate only to the best of the ability of those at Cricket Burble using online reports where we haven't seen the TV footage)
England/South Africa 2008 Test Series Real Averages
Players are listed in "real" average order, with their official average following in brackets.
de Villiers: 76 (64)
Collingwood: 66.7 (58)
Broad: 53.7 (53.7)
Pietersen: 50.3 (61)
Amla: 48.8 (45.8)
Bell: 46.9 (47.4)
McKenzie: 46.3 (48.4)
Prince: 45.9 (54.7)
Cook: 45.7 (47)
Smith: 34.7 (61.5)
Strauss: 30 (25.7)
Flintoff: 28.3 (28.3)
Harris: 24 (24)
Ambrose: 17.8 (16.2)
Boucher: 16.8 (27.6)
Kallis: 14.9 (14.9)
Steyn: 14.5 (29)
Sidebottom: 12.5 (12.5)
Pattinson: 10.5 (10.5)
Morkel: 10.2 (10.2)
Vaughan: 8 (8)
Anderson: 6.5 (15)
Nel: 3.5 (3.5)
Panesar: 2.8 (2.8)
Ntini: 1.5 (1.5)
Harmison: N/A
Go to England v New Zealand 2008 "real" averages
Go to New Zealand v England 2008 "real" averages
Go to Sri Lanka v England 2007 "real" averages
Go to England v India 2007 "real" averages
Go to England v West Indies 2007 "real" averages
As yet, we have not looked into generating "real" bowling averages.