Left handers in cricket

[Trichromatic]

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Why do left-handers excel at certain elite sports but not others?

Data suggests being left-handed is a particular advantage in sports where time pressures are particularly severe, such as baseball, cricket and table tennis

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/22/why-do-left-handers-excel-at-certain-elite-sports-but-not-others

 

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The Big Number: Lefties make up about 10 percent of the world

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-big-number-lefties-make-up-about-10-percent-of-the-world/2019/08/09/69978100-b9e2-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html#:~:text=When you sign your name,tasks with their left hand.

 

 

 

However in cricket:

Number of left handed batsmen - 929 (18.38%)

Number of right handed batsmen - 4125

 

Number of left handed bowlers - 724 (16.9%)

Number of right handed bowlers - 3557

 

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_hand=1;class=11;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;template=results;type=batting

 

Since 1970s:

Number of left handed batsmen - 757 (19.83%)

Number of right handed batsmen - 3060 

 

Since 2000s:

Number of left handed batsmen - 595 (20.94%)

Number of right handed batsmen - 2246 

[Norman]

Interesting stats. So number of left handers keep increasing with time. 

 

Also interested to see how many fully left handed (both bat&bowl) and fully right handed cricketers have played so far. Right bat left bowl, Left bat right bowl too.