Today Mcgrath took 3 wickets for 18, Tait took 4 for 39! Taits is considered the better performance. I understand that it goes by wickets taken but it seems ludicrous to me that it doesn't go by an average system! I know I am only a mere woman and a Scots one at that and I really shouldn't have the audacity to question this historical way of determining who bowls best, but it just seems a wee bit stupid to me?
Apologies to the people on my contacts list who will be thinking What the!!!!?
2007-04-25 10:33:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
In the vast majority of longer format games, you must take 20 wickets in order to win a match (if you include retired hurt as a wicket and unless the losing team has declared an innings). This means that regardless of the amount of runs it takes, the important part of the game is to take wickets and win the game.
One day cricket was introduced after the longer form of the game and kept the same standards and measures as the traditional game (I struggle to remember strike rates ever being mentioned when I was growing up).
That is why the wickets taken are offically valued above the average when recording bowling performances.
In some cases the method may not seem to reflect the best bowling performance but whilst this method is not flawless then the following examples can highlight the flaws of the "average" method:
A good international bowler's average will be approximately 25 runs per wicket. If one bowler takes 1 wicket for 9 runs then that is a good average, if another bowler takes 4 wickets for 80 runs then he has helped the team more by getting 4 wickets cheaper than expected (imagine what an impact those 4 wickets would have had if you were playing England and the 4 wickets were Pietersen, Collingwood and...well anybody else).
One bowler begins bowling at the start of the innings and takes the wicket of a great batsman (averages 55 runs per wicket) but concedes 35 runs doing it. His figures of 1 wicket for 35 runs doesn't look particularly impressive but, going by the averages, he has saved 20 runs. Another bowler in the same match only bowls at tail-enders, he takes 1 wickets for 25 runs. The batsman whose wicket he takes only normally average 8 runs per wicket.
There is no method for determining which bowling performance has the biggest impact on a match which is 100% consistent however I think the method we have at the moment isn't that far off.
Hope this helps.
2007-04-25 11:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by Richard T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What the!!!?
A Scots woman talking about cricket and actually making some kind of sense.....hang on I have been to the pub, maybe this is a dream.......
If not then McGraths effort will look better on his seasons/career average but think about it in this simplified way...Just say the following stats were true....
McGrath 2 wickets for 2 runs. (1 wicket per run)
Tait 8 wickets for 24 runs. (1 wicket for every 3 runs)
Taits looks more impressive because he's took more wickets regardless of how many runs were conceded.....does it make any sense??? It was invented by the English after all...
2007-04-25 11:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by oohgravy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I too consider the performance of Mc Grath far better than Tait nmot only because of economy rate, but because he accounted for the top order batsmen of South Africa, which put them under lot of pressure and take Tait could take advantage of this weakness of South African Batsmen
2007-04-25 16:42:50 · answer #3 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
McGrath took the 2nd,4th and the 5th wickets to fall breaking the backbone of South African Innings.
Tait took the 3rd,6th,7th and 9th wickets to fall.He also gave away too many runs..
Judge yourself whether number alone counts.
2007-04-25 14:33:31 · answer #4 · answered by balaGraju 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sluttty,
See a doctor immediately.
You've put me below a frog and now you're asking cricket questions. You are obviously ill. The blood is draining from your brain. Go take some iron tablets, quick girl!!
2007-04-25 21:22:07 · answer #5 · answered by nev 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glenn took the MOTM award.
2007-04-25 20:33:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you should put ur ? in another category coz no one ever looks here...i was jus strolling through and i thought i would look in the places that no one ever looks and now i feel sorry for all these people...
2007-04-25 10:38:32 · answer #7 · answered by krystalineMarie. 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hiya...when is the visiting times at the Ailsa,so i can come and visit you ?????
2007-04-25 10:44:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
very interesting question
2016-08-14 21:24:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you wanna stop butting into my answers....all you are trying to do is slag me...NEVER...!!!
Keep trying..!!!
2007-04-26 10:30:34 · answer #10 · answered by Fudgie™ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋