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  1. Days of Grace

    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Greetings, It is time for me to do my top 100 test batsmen countdown. There have been some changes to my formula since I did the test bowlers countdown last year. The two biggest changes are: 1. Runs per innings has been added as a factor. This has replaced the points-per-innings used in the...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen: Discussion thread

    Hi all, I will in the coming months present my top 100 test batsmen of all time using my standard countdown formula. Before I do so, I want to make this countdown list more interactive, in that I want my fellow posters to decide on what measures I should use and how much weight to give each...
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    Strike-rates of some famous batsmen from year's past

    Charles Davis of z-score has his own blog where he re-scores and, where possible, does ball-by-ball analysis of test matches from 1877-the early 1970s. In my analysis for my eventual top 100 test batsmen list, I have used the z-score blog to ascertain the career strike-rates of batsmen from...
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    What Qualifies as a Test Allrounder?

    Just thinking about the criteria I should set for my test allrounders list. Currently, it is an adjusted batting average of 20.00 or more and 1 or more wickets per innings. This eliminates batting allrounders such as Steve Waugh and Dougie Walters who would otherwise finish high up the list...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Bowlers Countdown Thread 100-1

    Greetings, Some of the veteran posters here may recall five years ago I did a Top 100 Test Batsmen countdown. There were multiple threads which can be found by searching the threads started by myself. The project worked very well and I had tremendous feedback. Five years later (long overdue!)...
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    DoG's Test and ODI Team Ratings- Update Thread

    Having settled on a formula for rating test and one-day international teams across history, I have made this thread to post updates in the current standings and to answer any questions on how the formula works and what were the ratings of teams in the past. For now, I will post the current...
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    Ken Barrington: an appreciation

    I don't think this guy gets the accolades he deserves. In fact, I think he is a fascinating study. His record and standing in the game's history is a great example of how context plays a major part in how you're remembered. Conversely, he can be viewed as a great example of how stats without...
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    What are the most important statistical measures for test bowlers?

    Been rethinking my test bowling ratings recently. I can't decide whether to rate bowlers on a combination of bowling average/strike rate or strike rate/economy rate and what ratio to give each measure. At the moment I am leaning towards a combination of strike-rate/economy rate with a...
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    Test team ratings since 1877

    I have spent the last few months working on a system that ranks teams based on results at home/away and quality of opposition. I have come up with the following current ranking for teams: India 626 South Africa 594 Australia 581 New Zealand 522 England 509 Pakistan 501 Sri Lanka 498 West...
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    Team ratings question

    Have had a bit of a conundrum in the past few days deciding how to apply a team's batting/bowling rating (as seen in my thread on top 100 test batting and bowling performances) to a working batting/bowling average. The best teams for both batting and bowling have a rating around 750, whilst the...
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    Question on Standardizing batting and bowling averages

    Been working a lot on standardizing averages for test batsmen and bowlers. But I am always getting stuck on one point: For example, Bowler A bowls in two innings. One is against a strong batting lineup with let's say a team average of 40 (I also take into account match conditions). Against...
  12. Days of Grace

    Buying tickets online

    Thinking of going to day 3,4, or 5 at The Oval. I was wondering if a) Anyone else was going along or if anyone has had any experience at watching cricket at The Oval and; b) The best place to buy tickets online. Cheers, guys.
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    Coming to London 21-28 August

    Taking a vacation by myself to London in late August. Anyone based around there and wanna meet for a few pints? I'm also looking to nerd out and go to some Antique cricket bookstores or specialist secondhand bookstores. Any recommendations? Also, is there any chance I can get tickets for the...
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    DoG's Test Innings and Bowling Performances. Updates thread.

    I thought I would put my test performances in one thread and post updates on the ratings of any substantial innings or bowling performances after each series. I'll start with posting the batting top 100. This has undergone minor adjustments and is now looking very good. New Zealanders in...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Bowling Performances

    Hey guys. Now that the World Cup's over, I thought I'd get back into posting some of my ratings for discussion/debate. This is the top 100 test bowling performances. I've actually been working on innings ratings for test battling and bowling over the past couple of months, trying to get them...
  16. Days of Grace

    New Feature: Top 100 Test Innings: Revised and Updated

    Cricket Web - Features: The Greatest Test Innings: Revised and Updated Hi all, New feature on the revised and updated top 100 test innings. A lot of amendments have been made so I hope you'll find it interesting. As ever, I'll do my best to respond to any requests about favorite innings...
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    New Zealand's golden summer celebratory thread

    I think it would be remiss of New Zealand posters not to post something on New Zealand cricket after this golden summer. Test series wins over the West Indies and India (no.2 in the world). One-day series win over India 4-0 (no.1 in the world). Our captain, who got the job in dubious...
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    DoG’s Top 100 Test Batsmen - Bowling Discussion

    PLEASE KEEP ALL BOWLING DISCUSSION OUT OF THE BATTING THREAD AND POST YOUR ESSAYS HERE Nah, I'm gonna bite. What the **** is this about India having a "rubbish" bowling attack? Kumble, Srinath, Harbhajan and Zaheer Khan are all top 100 bowlers.
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen - The Top 25

    So, we are down to the top 25 test batsmen of all time. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the discussion so far. I'm really pleased that a lot of people have taken an interest in my ratings. Here's a reminder of how the Formula works and what weight I give each factor: The average...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen: 50-26

    So, we have counted down from 100-51. A reminder of the list so far: 51 AN Cook 744 52 C Hill 744 53 GA Faulkner 739 54 MC Cowdrey 738 55 MEK Hussey 738 56 B Mitchell 736 57 KP Pietersen 736 58 JL Langer 735 59 VVS Laxman 734 60 GP Thorpe 733 61 G Kirsten 731 62 ME Waugh 727 63 WM Lawry 725 64...
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