Comparison of traditional versus duration specific performance measurements used to select a cricket

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As the International Cricket Council (ICC) strives to broaden the appeal of cricket, so too is there a corresponding growth in cricket sporting analytics. Three decades ago, interest in cricket was predominantly for those on the Asian sub-continent and selective former British colonies and the UK. The landscape has changed with other countries becoming more engaged for example twenty countries competed in the 2024 men's T20 world cup hosted jointly in the USA and the Caribbean islands of the West Indies.

Optimizing the selection of a cricket team using an integer program was proposed by Gerber and Sharp (2006) and has been adopted by others over the years. The methodology was extended to relay swimming team selection and continues to garner interest in other sporting codes. This paper returns to the origins of the methodology and assesses performance measures proposed for the specific format of international cricket, i.e. the longer format (five-day test matches) through to the shorter format (20-over contests).

Team selection

optimization

cricket 

Section on Statistics in Sports