The best batsmen and bowlers in one-day cricket

This project proposes a new measure for assessing the performance of batsmen and bowlers in one-day cricket. Current measures of performance all suffer from serious drawbacks, thus expressing the need for a more sensible measure. The ratio of runs scored to resources consumed (where resources are defined according to the Duckworth-Lewis method of resetting targets) provides a statistic which is developed and studied in this project. The approach used in defining the new measure is explained in detail, as well as a description of the Duckworth-Lewis method. The statistic is then calculated for a subset of batsmen and bowlers. In addition, a standard error is provided to help determine real differences in performance. Finally, comparisons are made with traditional measures of performance by looking at players’ rankings.