Cricket statistics

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Statistics play a big role in cricket . Most statistics relate to the performance of individual players, broken down according to the three roles a player can assume during a match, roughly speaking: throwing, hitting and catching.

At the professional level, the various forms of play are strictly separated from one another. First of all, there is the level of first-class cricket , which also includes the corresponding international matches, the test matches . The latter also form a separate category. For one-day cricket of the highest level, the term List A Cricket has established itself as an equivalent to first-class cricket . This also includes the corresponding internationals, here One-Day Internationals , which are themselves a category.

General and Fielding Statistics

  • Matches (Mat): Number of games.
  • Catches (Ct): Number of catches . By catching the ball directly, the opposing batsman is eliminated.
  • Stumpings (St): Number of stumpings performed by a wicket keeper . Here, too, the batsman is eliminated.

The term dismissal generally refers to the departure of a batsman. In statistics he is almost always related to the wicket keeper, in the sense that he means the dismissals performed by him . These can be catches or stumpings .

Stroke Statistics

  • Innings (I): The number of innings the batsman was actually used.
  • Not Outs (NO): How many times the batsman himself was not knocked out at the end of the innings in which he was used .
  • Runs (R): The total number of runs (points) he has scored.
  • Highest Score (HS): The highest score achieved by the batsman in an innings.
  • Batting Average (Ave): Total number of runs divided by the number of innings in which the batsman was eliminated. Ave = Runs / (I - NO). This is generally considered to be the most meaningful statistic in the long run.
  • Centuries (100): The number of innings in which the batsman has scored 100 or more runs.
  • Half-centuries (50): Number of innings in which the batsman has scored between 50 and 99 runs.
  • Balls Faced (BF): The number of throws the batsman has made, including no balls , but no wides , since by definition he cannot score points from these.
  • Strike Rate (SR): Number of runs per 100 throws. SR = (100 * Runs) / BF

Bowling statistics

  • Overs (O): Number of completed Over . In cricket , the notation <Overs>. <Balls> always applies. The point must therefore not be interpreted as a decimal point.
  • Balls (B): number of throws. There is a correlation between overs and balls . It should be noted that, firstly, the rule 1 over = 6 balls did not always apply in the past , and secondly, no balls and wides must be included here.
  • Maidens (M): Number of full overs in which the bowler has not made any runs. Byes and leg byes are not counted negatively.
  • Runs (R): Number of runs submitted (points).
  • Wickets (W): Number of batsmen thrown out.
  • Bowling Analysis : Abbreviated presentation of the most important statistical information, mostly related to an innings : Always in the order overs, maidens, runs and wickets. For example, 10-3-27-2 stands for ten overs, of which three were maidens, with a total of 27 runs and 2 wickets.
  • No Balls (Nb): Number of throws that were No Balls .
  • Wides (Wd): Number of throws that were wides .
  • Bowling Average (Ave): The average number of runs given per wicket (Ave = Runs / W). This statistic can be thought of as the equivalent of the batting average above.
  • Economy Rate (Econ): The average number of runs given per over . Econ = Runs / Overs
  • Best Bowling (BB): The most successful bowling performance in an innings , sometimes in a game. First of all, the highest number of wickets, then the smallest number of runs submitted is decisive. An innings of 7 for 102 is considered more successful than one of 6 for 19 .
  • Five-wickets in an innings (5w): The number of innings in which the bowler has made at least five wickets.
  • Ten-wickets in a match (10w): The number of games in which the bowler has reached at least ten wickets.
  • Strike Rate (SR): The average number of balls required per wicket reached. SR = Balls / W

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Players who were not used as batsman in an innings are not considered to be not out ; rather, they are noted on the scorecard as did not bat . This can happen , for example, because of a declaration or because the team has already won and therefore the use of further batsmen is no longer necessary. Batsmen who have to give up because of an illness, an injury or an exceptional reason are counted as retired 'not out' , otherwise as retired 'out' .