Averages are roughly considered as follows: Test bowling averages over a career are mostly between 20 and 50. The graph shows the distribution of career bowling averagesįor all Test players and one-day international players who have bowled at least 1000 balls. Bowling Average: Runs divided by Wickets.īowling averages are usually expressed to two decimal places.The lower the bowling average, the better the bowler's ability to take wickets without conceding There are also three calculated statistics.Ī bowling average represents how many runs, on average, a bowler concedes Ten Wickets in a Match: The number of times the bowler took ten or more wickets in a match.Five Wicket in an Innings: The number of times the bowler took five or more wickets in a single innings.Best Bowling in an Innings: The best bowling figures achieved in a single innings.Maidens: The number of maiden overs bowled.Statistical calculations it is actually more practical to count accumulated balls bowled.) Information on the number of balls per over in use at the time, to arrive at the total number of balls bowled. ( Extra Detail: Note this must be combined with The statistics accumulated for a bowler are: Runs quickly, within the allotted number of overs.įor further analysis of batting statistics, see Statistical Analysis of Cricket. Test batting strike rates over a career are mostly between 30 and 60.īatting strike rates in one-day internationals are significantly higher than in Test matches, because of the emphasis on scoring
Restricting the sample size below that available for Test batting averages. Of balls faced is only available for Test players beginning from the 1970s and consistently from the mid 80s, thus Rates for Test and one-day international players who have batted at least 20 innings. The graph shows the distribution of career batting strike Strike rates are usually expressed to two decimal places. Strike Rate: Runs divided by Balls multiplied by 100.The higher the batting strike rate, the better the batsman's ability to score runs quickly. Sacrifice their wickets in an attempt to score faster.Ī strike rate represents how many runs, on average, a batsman scores for everyġ00 balls he faces.
Large innings, and because the emphasis is more on scoring runs quickly than on not getting out, so batsmen more often Has even come remotely close to equalling his batting ability.īattng averages in one-day internationals tend to be lower than in Test matches, because there is no time to build truly This is Sir Donald Bradman, who played for Australiaįrom 1928 to 1948, and is universally recognised as the greatest cricket player in history. The graph shows one batsman with a Test career average of 99.94.
List-A one-day matches, including one-day internationals.First class matches, including Test matches.Statistics for different classes of matches are recorded separately, in particular a top-level player would have Over multiple games within a series, season, or an entire career,Įach player accumulates a set of statistics that can be used to compare the performances of different players. Cricket is a game rich in statistical information.