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Mathematical Models for Cricket Team Selection
Mathematical Models for Cricket Team Selection Hamish Thorburn Dr Michael Forbes The University of Queensland 26/02/2015 1 1 Abstract An attempt was made to try and select the Australian Test Cricket Team for then-upcoming series against India in December-January 2014-2015. Data was collected pertaining to 37 Australian cricket players, relating to both recent form (the 12 months prior to commencement of the project) and career form across multiple formats of the game. The team was selected using a mixed-integer- programming (MIP) model, after processing the statistics collected to create usable parameters for the model. It was found that the team selected by the MIP model shared only 5 of the 11 players with the actual team selected by the Australian Board of Selectors to compete in the series. When altering parameters of the model, it was found that the batting diversity of the team could be doubled while only losing 0.008 of the available talent of selected players. The reduced costs were calculated to determine how close unselected players were to being selected, and what they would have to increase their batting/bowling averages to be considered for selection. Finally, we compared the ICC player ratings to our calculated batting and bowling indices, to try to determine the optimal weighting between the different statistics. It was found that batting average was most important in batting performance (but was more important in test matches than one-day matches) and that bowling average and economy were equally important in bowling performance. 2 Introduction 2.1 The Game of Cricket Cricket is a sport composing of opposing teams of 11 players each side. -
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Established 1961 13 Sports Monday, January 8, 2018 Cooked England lurching to defeat after Marsh brothers’ tons Cook becomes sixth batsman to score 12,000 test runs SYDNEY: Nathan Lyon was hailed as Australia’s “key” bowler as the team closes in on an emphatic victory in the final Ashes Test after beleaguered England unravelled on a torrid day in Sydney yesterday. The Australians amassed a massive 303-run innings lead in blistering heat and then reduced the battle-weary tourists to 93 for four at the close with a day to play. Compounding England’s woes was a finger injury for skipper Joe Root, his team’s last major hope of staving off a 4-0 series rout today’s final day of the Test. Root was unbeaten on 42 at the close with Jonny Bairstow not out 17. Lyon captured the important wickets of Alastair Cook and Dawid Malan to have two for 31 off 19 overs at stumps. “I think Gaz (Lyon) is the key tomorrow. SYDNEY: Australia’s Mitchell Marsh (R) sends his brother Sahun Marsh (L) back to his crease The wicket is definitely suiting his conditions, as he celebrates scoring his century against England on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes especially with the left handers, he’ll come cricket Test match at the SCG in Sydney yesterday, — AFP into play,” Australian centurion Shaun Marsh SCOREBOARD said. “I thought he bowled really well today Mitchell Marsh was bowled next ball by and showed his class and hopefully he can TON-UP BROTHERS Tom Curran for 101 off 141 balls with 15 fours come out tomorrow and get a few early “In many ways the last few days have and two sixes. -
Attiyah Aims to Win Landmark First Dakar for Toyota
Sports Monday, January 7, 2019 17 After victory, Du Plessis says he’s a fan of Tests, lively pitches AFP more,” he said. were bowled out for 294, leav- rion.” who suffered a badly bruised CAPE TOWN “The speed of play has ing South Africa an easy target. Apart from being down on right thigh while fielding, gone up tremendously. Test “They had an opportu- pace, Sarfraz said the Pakistan made only four before he was FAF du Plessis said on Sunday cricket has evolved and it is nity to get 150 (ahead) on the bowlers delivered too many caught off his glove by Sar- that Test matches were crick- great for the fans. They are get- board but we did really well loose balls to provide scoring fraz while attempting to pull et’s most exciting format after ting fours, sixes, lots of wick- after tea, making sure we did opportunities for the South a bouncer from Mohammad his side clinched their series ets and pace bowlers bowling. not let the opposition get back African batsmen. Abbas. against Pakistan with a nine- Test cricket for me the last few in the game,” he said. Sarfraz acknowledged that Hashim Amla was forced wicket win on the fourth day years has been the most excit- a single warm-up game had to retire hurt on two after be- at Newlands on Sunday. ing format of all.” Poor bowling not been enough to prepare ing hit on the right upper arm The South African captain Du Plessis said the pitch at Pakistan captain Sarfraz Pakistan for South African by a ball from Mohammad disagreed with Pakistan coach Newlands had been challenging Ahmed said the loss of five conditions but he took heart Amir which lifted sharply off a Mickey Arthur’s criticism of on the first two days but there wickets on the first morn- from the second innings in good length. -
Caroline Wozniacki
NNBABA | Page 5 GGOLFOLF | Page 6 Curry Johnson leads warriors grabs lead in to win over Tournament of Clippers Champions Monday, January 8, 2018 FOOTBALL Rabia II 21, 1439 AH Messi on target GULF TIMES in routine Barca win over Levante SPORT Page 3 Qatar ExxonMobil Open we had to look hard for the last one.” Despres takes a timing error, now sitting third and 5min 44sec “We want to make it out of Peru in good shape,” recognised for being the off the pace. he said. “That was a great day,” said Despres, a five-time Two-time winner Nasser al-Attiyah steered his Dakar lead as winner at Dakar in the motorbike section. best 250 Series event in 2017 Toyota to victory on the opening stage of the “It’s the first time our car has been in these condi- 9,000km Rally on Saturday, but he had a bad day al-Attiyah’s tions. Big, easy to climb dunes as well as very soft plateaus. We saw others stuck in the sand (nota- yesterday after his co-driver fell sick. co-driver falls sick bly Carlos Sainz) but we avoided that.” “It was not easy. We opened all day. The reason Run around Pisco, which is known for its local we lose a lot of time is because Matthieu got sick from the beginning and I had to take care about AFP, Pisco, Peru liquor of the same name, Sebastien Loeb also enjoyed the dunes and recovered from a horror him. But we finished the stage. We know we lose a show on Saturday, which saw him suffer a brake lot of time. -
Fav Cricket Yarns Extract
About the Author en Piesse has had a fifty-year love affair with cricket as a Kplayer, watcher, writer and commentator. Born in 1955, the year the MCG wicket was illegallyDistribution watered, Ken has played hundreds of game since his first, aged nine, at Parkdale for the Beaumaris Under 14s. Back then he didn’t know the differenceFor between point and square leg but something about the game intrigued him. He started collecting newspaper cuttings and clippings and compiling statistics books. Forty-nineNot cricket books on – and sixty-eight overall – he says -few are as fortunate as him to be able to work at their hobby each and every day. His wife Susan has long given up trying to plan anything on a summer Saturday. And for that he’s most grateful. Publishing Echo Fav Cricket Yarns-text-finalpp.indd i 1/07/14 8:42 AM Other cricket books by Ken Piesse published by The Five Mile Press: Great Australian Cricket Stories (2010) Dynamic Duos: Cricket’s Finest Pairs and Partnerships (2012) Great Ashes Moments (2013) Distribution For Not - Publishing Echo Fav Cricket Yarns-text-finalpp.indd ii 1/07/14 8:42 AM FAVOURITE Distribution FROM LAUGHS & LEGENDSFor TO SLEDGES & STUFF-UPS Not KEN PIESSE- Publishing Echo Fav Cricket Yarns-text-finalpp.indd iii 1/07/14 8:42 AM The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd 1 Centre Road, Scoresby Victoria 3179 Australia www.fivemile.com.au Part of the Bonnier Publishing Group Distribution www.bonnierpublishing.com Copyright © Ken Piesse, 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced,For stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission ofNot the publisher. -
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017 SPORTS South Africa face up to their Eden Park demons WELLINGTON: South Africa have fancied to shed their reputation as Plessis told local media in Auckland. next month. The Proteas will look to Wales in June, a tournament the Proteas arrived in New Zealand full of confi- World Cup ‘chokers’ and reach a maiden “Honestly, something like that you stretch their golden summer into have underperformed in since winning dence after replacing Australia at the final in the global showpiece and the always carry it with you. As a team, autumn, having swept both Australia the inaugural edition in 1998. top of the one-day cricket rankings but defeat left several players in tears. It we’ve definitely put it behind us, but and Sri Lanka 5-0 in one-day series at “We are putting a huge amount of the Proteas will have mixed feelings was later described by as shattered the emotions of the day will always be home. South Africa also beat Steve emphasis on one-day cricket,” added about their return to Eden Park this captain AB De Villiers’ “greatest disap- with us. “That’s not a bad thing. Smith’s Australia 2-1 away in their test the 32-year-old. “We haven’t per- week. The three-test tour kicks off with pointment”. Although we were on the wrong side of series and returned home to sweep the formed the way we’d like in ICC tour- a Twenty20 international on Friday at Test and T20 captain Faf du Plessis, winning the game, it was a great game Sri Lankans 3-0 but face a New Zealand naments. -
Match Report
Match Report Kings XI Punjab, KXIP vs Delhi Daredevils, DD Delhi Daredevils, DD - Won by 9 wickets Date: Fri 01 May 2015 Location: India - National Capital Territory of Delhi Match Type: Twenty20 Scorer: johnykutty philip Toss: Delhi Daredevils, DD won the toss and elected to Bowl URL: http://www.crichq.com/matches/249243 Kings XI Punjab, KXIP Delhi Daredevils, DD Score 118-8 Score 119-1 Overs 20.0 Overs 13.5 V Sehwag MA Agarwal M Vohra SS Iyer SE Marsh JP Duminy WP Saha† Yuvraj Singh DA Miller AD Mathews GJ Bailey KM Jadhav† NLTC Perera Z Khan AR Patel NM Coulter-Nile SN Thakur A Mishra Anureet Singh SS Tiwary Sandeep Sharma Imran Tahir page 1 of 34 Scorecards 1st Innings | Batting: Kings XI Punjab, KXIP R B 4's 6's SR V Sehwag 1 . // c AD Mathews b Z Khan 1 2 0 0 50.0 M Vohra . 1 . // c KM Jadhav† b Z Khan 1 7 0 0 14.29 SE Marsh 4 . 1 . // lbw b JP Duminy 5 4 1 0 125.0 WP Saha† 1 1 . 1 . // c KM Jadhav† b NM Coulter-Nile 3 8 0 0 37.5 DA Miller . 1 . 1 4 . 1 1 2 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 4 1 4 . 6 4 . 1 . 1 1 c SS Tiwary b NM Coulter-Nile 42 41 4 1 102.44 1 1 1 . // GJ Bailey . 1 4 . 1 . 4 . 1 4 1 1 1 . // lbw b A Mishra 18 16 3 0 112.5 NLTC Perera . -
STEVE WAUGH Published 16.3.17 It Was Test Match Cricket That You Couldn't Take Your Eyes Off It Was Predictable but Still Disa
STEVE WAUGH Published 16.3.17 It was Test match cricket that you couldn’t take your eyes off It was predictable but still disappointing that a brilliant Test match in which two sides had to draw upon all their reserves of mental and physical toughness in an old fashioned dogfight that saw conflict, confrontation, skill and tension before a remarkable comeback from the home, was somewhat forgotten in the aftermath of the DRS controversy. That said, I could understand the talk, the speculation and the spin each expert gave on what transpired in Bangalore. After all, the captains involved are two of the most popular and revered figures in the game today. Hopefully, the incident is behind both teams and not still smouldering as they ready themselves for the third Test in Ranchi. I was in Bangalore to witness the first three days of the Test and it was an engrossing game on a difficult pitch where batsmen could get runs if they punished the loose balls and capitalised on moments of good fortune. There was more than enough variable bounce to keep the quick bowlers interested and prodigious turn at times to enable the spinners to dominate. Both teams had their opportunities to seize the momentum but chasing 150 or more in the fourth innings was always going to be a demanding examination for the Australians particularly with Ashwin and Jadeja ready to restrict and then ultimately strangle as would an anaconda its prey. Looking ahead, Australia are in Ranchi for the venue’s debut Test without their strike bowler Mitchell Starc. -
Aussies Stumble in Sydney Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja Ensure India’S Dominance
14 SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2019 sports Euro Bahrain edge Rebel II Aussies stumble in Sydney Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja ensure India’s dominance Yadav said India’s fielding and Arslan - ACL Janardhan -Royals Prasanth - Indian Shakeel - Euro Australia’s batting catching practice was paying TDT | Manama (Jameel 36, Vishal 33, Balaji • off. 2/14) beat NDC Bahrain 102/10 woes returned on “I feel like we are the best side (Balaji 20, Vishal 3/15, Sukesh the third day of in the world now when it comes uro Bahrain defeated Re- 3/22) by 35 runs the fourth Test to fielding,” he said. Ebel II by 8 wickets in a CBA Indian Delights 130/2 in Skipper Virat Kohli’s decla- Division C T-20 League match 20 overs (Shebeer 45, Anil Australia trail by ration left Khawaja and Harris Rebel II won the toss and 41) beat Lanterns XI 120/10 • to face 10 nervous overs before elected to bat first. Ajith (41) (Kashif 31, Nizar 3/14, Anu 386 runs with 4 wickets stumps on Friday, when they and Shahnawaz’s (41) partner- 3/28) by 10 runs remaining in the innings crawled to 24 without loss. ship helped Rebel II to score Karnataka Royals 218/8 in Khawaja was dropped on 152 at the end of 20 overs. 20 overs (Janardhan 65, Wil- AFP | Sydney nought but failed to make the Ashfaq took two wickets for lams 46, Basir 3/19) beat Bas- most of his second life. Euro. Chasing the target, Eu- sali Tigers 138/9 (Numair 40, ustralia blew a strong On a day when the Sydney ro’s opener Shakeel scored an Sagar 2/18) by 80 runs start with yet another Cricket Ground was a sea of unbeaten century -
Melbourne Stars Big Bash League V Jan 6, 2016 Hobart Hurricanes Fact Sheet Library
MELBOURNE STARS BIG BASH LEAGUE V JAN 6, 2016 HOBART HURRICANES FACT SHEET LIBRARY Twenty20 Big Bash League In the 2011/2012 season the Twenty20 Big Bash League comprising eight city-based franchises, replaced the six-state Twenty20 competition. A summary of the inaugural meeting between the Melbourne Stars and the Hobart Hurricanes at Bellerive Oval, Hobart, on January 9, 2012, follows: MELBOURNE STARS 3/203 (20 overs) (LJ Wright 117, RJ Quiney62; Naved-ul-Hasan 2/38) defeated HOBART HURRICANES 9/184 (20 overs) (OA Shah 55, TR Birt 51, RJG Lockyear 23, TIF Triffitt 21; JP Faulkner 4/46, SK Warne 2/23, DJ Hussey 2/28) by 19 runs. Player of the match: Luke Wright. Today’s Match Melbourne Stars (from Victoria unless indicated otherwise): David Hussey (captain), Michael Beer (Western Australia), Scott Boland, James Faulkner, Evan Gulbis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Tom Triffitt (all Tasmania), Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, Glenn Maxwell, Kevin Pietersen (Dolphins, St Lucia Zouks and England), Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Worrall, Adam Zampa (both South Australia) and Luke Wright (Pune Warriors, Dhaka Gladiators and England). Hobart Hurricanes (from Tasmania unless indicated otherwise): Tim Payne (captain), Cameron Boyce (Queensland), George Bailey, Ben Dunk, Clive Rose, Sam Rainbird, Simon Milenko, Shaun Tait, Timm Van Der Gugten, Beau Webster, Jonathon Wells, Dominic Michael, Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Udarata Rulers, Dhaka Dynamites and Surrey), Dan Christian, Michael Hill and Jake Reed (all three Victoria), Darren Sammy (West Indies, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rangpore Riders, Titans and Nottinghamshire), Joe Mennie (South Australia). Results of BBL Matches played to date between today’s Teams In the four seasons of the BBL to date the two teams have played each other four times at the qualifying stage and once in a semi-final. -
India, Australia Resume Battle
22 Wednesday, March 15, 2017 SPORTS SPORTS Wednesday, March 15, 2017 23 Man Utd Table charged London anchester United were Bahrain bag more Tennis team Venus Williams of the United States Mcharged yesterday by the Football Association (FA) with failing to control their players win silver, during the explosive FA Cup quarter-final with Chelsea, English football’s ruling body said. Bowling United’s Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera was sent off in Kerber, the first half shortly after referee bronze Michael Oliver warned captain Chris Smalling about the Layla Janahi during the bowling team event continual fouling of Chelsea’s playmaker Eden Hazard. Marcos Rojo was also caught on camera seemingly stamping Venus on Hazard’s chest in the second half of the match which Chelsea won 1-0 to oust the holders, although the Argentine defender has not been charged. Angelique Kerber of The FA have taken exception advance Germany celebrates more to the reaction of the players when Olivier sent Indian Wells of balls back, and going for it when I France’s Mladenovic, who has round berth with a 6-4, 6-2 victory off Herrera, with several ngelique Kerber might yet have the chance.” already lifted one trophy and reached over Lucie Safarova. surrounding the official and celebrate her return to number Kerber, who rose to number one in another WTA final in 2017, had no Williams, seeded 12th in her second arguing with him over the Aone with an Indian Wells title after the world with her US Open triumph trouble notching another top-five tournament since a runner-up finish decision. -
England Eye Ashes Glory Cern to Most Cricketers
THURS DAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 SPORTS Sandow boost to Wolves after Cup loss LONDON: After the disappointment of seven rounds if they are to make the get out of the fishbowl in Sydney. the news that Australian international are still buzzing from making the Saturday’s Challenge Cup defeat the play-off semi-finals in the new system. “I think he will be the key ingredient Dave Taylor will join next year and coach Challenge Cup final. signing of Chris Sandow is exactly the But Asotasi - who played with in the Super 8s and the guy to steer us Laurent Frayssinous, who lured Todd “Our league form has been scratchy shot in the arm that Warrington Wolves Sandow at South Sydney Rabbitohs - is into the semi-finals, straight away in talk- Carney to France at the end of last sea- but our performances in the Challenge need - according to teammate Roy confident they have found just the man ing to some of the guys we are sure we son, is over the moon. “We are delighted Cup have been unreal. We’ve beaten Asotasi. for the job. have got one of the best players in Super to be able to attract such quality player some top teams but we’re not looking The Wolves’ semi-final defeat to Hull “The game in the northern hemi- League.” To close the gap to Huddersfield to the Super League,” he said. too far ahead,” said semi-final hero Shaun KR last time out has left Asotasi and co sphere will really suit Chris, he struggled in the top four, the Wire must win at “He will help us to make one step for- Lunt.