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2/11/2015 Blogs: Kartikeya Date: How effective are left-right batting pairs? | Cricket Blogs | ESPN Cricinfo
Posted by Sigismund on (February 10, 2015, 14:00 GMT)
Another excellent set of statistics, and an analysis that was long overdue: thank you. I thinkthere is a genuine difference at lower levels of the game: bowlers are not good at adjusting, itis annoying for the captain and fielders, and it slows the game down - these things do seem toimpair the concentration and performance of the amateur player; perhaps even once insideprofessional cricket it is a hard feeling to shake. RE the first paragraph, I am firmly of the viewthat left-handed batting is cheating, because it is so much easier to score square of the wicket.Within top-flight cricket, there are many examples of left-handers who have made it withconsiderably less talent than right-handed peers who haven't, e.g. Strauss, Cook. They areusually actually right-handed people. Cook only has two attacking shots! Lara was a rareexample of a left-hander with a full range of natural strokes. I admire Michael Clarke a a rareexample of a left-handed person who bats right-handed.
Posted by contrast_swing on (February 10, 2015, 13:40 GMT)
Average is not the right descriptor for this analysis. Matches are not won by an averageperformances. What would be more interesting is the variance of the partnerships -- if L-Rpartnerships have a higher variance that would confirm the myth of L-R effectiveness --- sincewe tend to remember the success stories more than other way round.
So please provide the variance of the partnership data.
Posted by prewebhost_cheaphosting on (February 10, 2015, 10:46 GMT)
yes, its the best way to get control on bowling attack as bowler can not settle down himselfquickly
Posted by ThinkingCricket on (February 10, 2015, 9:34 GMT)
I am inclined to agree with the conclusion of this piece., but this argument is fundamentallyincomplete without SR data, given how vitally important scoring rates are in any limited oversgame. I don't think they would alter the result, but the conclusion can't be valid until that datais examined.
Posted by perl57 on (February 9, 2015, 22:40 GMT)
Generally bowlers are mostly adept at bowling to one side as they prepare themselves. This iswhere we have three greatest bowlers of all time. Akram, McGrath, and Steyn. They are likeRip Wan Winkles who can sleep thirty years and when woke up to bowl to Dave Warner or aSourav Ganguly they will channelize that line to get them out the first ball. But how many of thebowlers these days do we have who can do that? Jimmy Anderson is termed world class but heis so poor he ends up giving 90 runs in his quota of 10 sometimes. That's why right and leftbatsmen are always a profit.
Posted by ygkd on (February 9, 2015, 21:16 GMT)
My belief has always been that batting left-handed confers a massive advantage to kidsentering the system, but the further one gets the less of an advantage it becomes as thebowlers get better at counteracting it. That the same might apply for left-right partnershipswould not really surprise.
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