STBR Stats

This is an update and re-write of last week's blog. It was a super-hastily thrown together blog about the last batting pair chasing down big totals - or failing to get the win, despite needing to make very few runs. I'm updating it for two reasons... firstly, it was written is haste, and needed fixing. Secondly, (and ironically) one of the records listed in that blog was smashed during last week's match.

Last week's game was a real up-and-down affair. The opposition, NDC, known for having 2 quality players and 4 not-so-quality players, lived up to their reputation. Their first pair made 82, the team total was 89, including a -23 second pair. This in turn led to Gareth's bowling figures showing overs of 38 and then -7. Did either of these two performances set some kind of inconsistency record? Today, we find out.

Bowling stats by skin position number... unimaginative, perhaps, following last week's blog, but it was requested anyway. It may seem to be a redundant thing to look at... surely people bowl worse in the first pair (where the higher runs are scored) and better in third. Well, maybe - we shall see what we see.

I'll start with an alternate theory to explain last week's stats. We assumed that batting first was some kind of advantage... perhaps it is because, in general, teams bowl their weaker bowlers in the first pair. And their strongest bowlers in the third pair. Could this be true?

Here's a question from Sanjit to get everyone in the mood for some Friday night indoor cricket.

Sanjit asked about the performance of batting pairs based on position in the innings. That is, how well does the opening partnership do compared to the pair who bat second, and third, and fourth.

As a side note: While doing this, I noticed something that I hadn't spotted before. The Popped Collars last game at Lyneham was actually their 150th match! Well done lads... onwards to 200!!

Also note: all the numbers in this post only use stats from 8-a-side games. There's not much use comparing 8-a-side and 6-a-side in this particular stat.

Here's something interesting that happened a couple of weeks ago:
Popped Collars batted first with Jules and X posting the highest partnership for the team. When the opposition came into bat, they successfully chased that high skin, but lost all of the other three.

Has such a thing happened before?