Use of stats in cricket shows and commentary needs to improve

[zen]

Most of the time, listening to stats in pre-shows or by commentators (esp. folks like the bookish Bhogle) can feel like a waste of time. E.g., today they were talking about the average score, which can mean nothing unless the games were close at a venue. What should be discussed is the average "winning" score. That tells something more. 

 

Many times, we hear or (read here) weird points such as "England cannot score 200 on this pitch". What a pointless statement as Eng is about scoring more than the par score on that pitch. If the par score is 150 for a pitch, Eng will look to get 10-20 more than that based on its batting depth. Eng is not about scoring 200 no matter what the pitch is and if it doesn't, it failed

 

And so on. 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 2024 by zen

[maniac]

You and me want to see stats and “intellectual” discussion. Rest (again including me also) wants  to see Irfan Pathan dance and troll 

[zen]

13 minutes ago, maniac said:

Rest (again including me also) wants  to see Irfan Pathan dance and troll 

 

They already do that in IPL 

[Kron]

7 hours ago, zen said:

Most of the time, listening to stats in pre-shows or by commentators (esp. folks like the bookish Bhogle) can feel like a waste of time. E.g., today they were talking about the average score, which can mean nothing unless the games were close at a venue. What should be discussed is the average "winning" score. That tells something more. 

 

Many times, we hear or (read here) weird points such as "England cannot score 200 on this pitch". What a pointless statement as Eng is about scoring more than the par score on that pitch. If the par score is 150 for a pitch, Eng will look to get 10-20 more than that based on its batting depth. Eng is not about scoring 200 no matter what the pitch is and if it doesn't, it failed

 

And so on. 

 

 

 

 

Bhai they are brainless. Most of it is scripted. Can you imagine asking one of these guys a statistical methods/ modelling question lol.