Dimensions to Evaluate a Batsman

In our previous posts, we defined median, mode and standard deviation of players. In this post, i want to bring to attention multiple dimensions along which a player can be evaluated. Here are they !

i. by Position (Opening, First Down, Second Down, etc)

ii. by Bowler (Fast/Medium/Spin)

iii. by opposition (Aus, WI, NZ, Pak, Ind, SL , Eng, SA etc)

iv. by Location (Home/Abroad)

v. by outcome of matches (Winning/Losing)

vi. by position of the field (on-side/off-side)

vii. by Innings (Batting First/Chase)

viii. by stage of the innings (Power-Play, Middle-overs, Slog)

ix. by Boundaries, Singles, Twos, Threes

x. by current form indicators (Last 5/10 matches, Previous Tournament) - This is very important to assess the "current form". For example mean, median, mode and standard deviation of player in last 5 matches/10 matches/previous tournament.

All these dimensions can be used along with mean, median,mode and standard deviation. For example: Mean, Median,Mode and Standard Deviation of Sachin Tendulkar for Australia, England, WI, Pak,SL,Eng and SA teams will help us understand the performance of Sachin across all these teams. We can compare these numbers with overall mean, median,mode and standard deviation score for sachin. It helps understand against which teams he has performed well and which teams he hasn't matched the average figures.