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dc.contributor.authorRohde, Nicholas
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:49:52Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:49:52Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T02:16:43Z
dc.identifier.issn17593441
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1759-3441.2011.00138.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41993
dc.description.abstractThere is much debate within the cricket community over the relative greatness of various batters. Attempts to guide this debate using statistical techniques have thus far been unsatisfying due to difficulties in determining appropriate trade-offs between certain performance criteria. By applying the concepts of opportunity cost and supernormal profit to batting performance we are able to produce a cardinal ranking system that uses non-arbitrary weightings to rank players. The proposed method is used to score past and current players and we find that the Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman is the highest performer with India's Sachin Tendulkar a close second. We also note that there is little public awareness of the greatest women batters and rank England's Rachael Heyhoe-Flint and Australia's Betty Wilson in the first two positions.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom455
dc.relation.ispartofpageto465
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEconomic Papers
dc.relation.ispartofvolume30
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBanking, finance and investment
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode380199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3502
dc.titleAn "Economic" Ranking of Batters in Test Cricket
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorRohde, Nicholas


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