At the very outset let me introduce myself. I am Hemanta Saikia, pursuing research in the Department of Business Administration, Assam University. The topic of my research is “Application Data Mining and Statistical Tools in T20 Cricket”. Dr Bhogle's articles on cricket are of special interest to me especially those related to rain truncated matches. Bhogle's recent communication related to the England vs West Indies match was interesting but I have certain comments to be made about the same. Let us consider the India vs Australia match of the recent T20 world cup. India won the toss and decided to field. Harbhajan Singh opened the bowling for India and delivered a maiden over. This was the only maiden over from the Indian bowlers. Australia eventually scored 184 runs. So the target for India was 185 in 20 overs. Now let us imagine a situation where it started raining after the Australians had played all the overs. When the rains stopped Indian innings was diminished by one over only. In that case, if the new target is to be rescheduled using the MPO method than Indian’s had to get the same amount of runs (i.e. 185) in 19 overs. Thus the number of balls to be faced by the Indian batsman decreases by 6 but the number of runs to be scored remains the same. This seems to make the MPO method defective. Also, I want to contact Dr. Srinivas Bhogle in this concern. So, please send me the email address of Dr. Bhogle. My email-id is h.s
i am sorry that i dont know how this equation works but i dint see that in match yesterday where WI were given 60 runs to win in 6 overs. Had targets been 60/0 65/1 72/2 80/3 and so on roughly as such, the match would have been more interesting instead of 60 runs to win no matter how many wickets WI loses in just 6 overs. The fight would have been both sides.
When a tied match can be decided by a single super-over, y not a rain affected match be decided by one or 2 or ever 3 super-overs ? This eliminates any advantage that the team batting second may or may not have had. The pre-condition should be that after the rain stoppage, the game should be played fresh, so that conditions/outfield/ wickets all are reset to pre-match condition. So have 2 or 3 'super-overs' for each side, & if time permits even 5 each, so that its fair to all. So essentiall it becomes a T-5, or T-3 kind of game.
Re: Why not a super over rule..??
by Bharani on May 04, 2010 08:21 PM
The D/L method is only when there is no more play is possible. How can they play T5 or T3 then?
What will be the best solution to avoid least damage to field during rains. Cover the intire field! better drainage! new device to clear water expeditiously and make field dry. Pls suggest.
In T20, if you cannot finish the game, share the point. No method will do justice. Usually most of the teams start and end with their best bowlers. Only during middle overs the other team gets to score a lot. So there is no easy way to figure out the target. Play 20 overs else share the point.
