Showing posts with label bowling stats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bowling stats. Show all posts

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Have batsmen gotten better or have bowlers gotten worse?

By Adrian Meredith



We all know the stats, but here is a rough rehash:

1877 (test cricket started) - batting average was 20-25 per batsman
1930 (Bradman's time) - batting average was 30 per batsman
1965 (Benaud's time) - batting average was 35 per batsman
1990 (Tendulkar started) - batting average was 40 per batsman

So why is this? Why are batting averages getting higher?

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