I didn’t grow up in the subcontinent and so my cricket knowledge is poor ! But lately (since this world cup) I’ve kinda started following the game. Anyway, my question is:
In the Batting Scorecard (for either BD or India), what does the ‘M’ stand for? the B is for balls faced, and R for runs scored I guess.. but whats the M? In bowling stats the M is the number of ‘maiden’ overs bowled but wtf is it for batting?
Anytime, bro. Yeah, it's minutes at the crease. Its useful I think, the longer the batsman stays the better (especially in test matches, where the game is played over 5 day period). You could also use it to guess the speed at which runs come.
but they show this onnly for one day games, the 5 day games dont have the M stat.. also... to see how 'fast' the batter is scoring, you already have "strike rate" right?
Oh and the strike rate also tells the rate but with respect to balls. Consider a player coming in and scoring 4 on first ball and getting out on second, his strike rate would be (4/2 * 100) = 200. But the time at crease would be only a few minutes. At the same time a batsmen who scores 200 in 223 balls will have strike rate of only 89, but will have batted for a few hours to get there.
^^ dude.. the link u gave me.. has no M in the battin stats.. it has a M in the bowling stats.. which is numbr of maiden overs not minutes spent...
anyway yeah i guess you cud tell sumthin abt the performane but still.. R B and SR r a lot more important.... than numrb of minutes spent lol you can have an idea from the numbr of balls faced anywya if the guy batted for a short or long time
Click Full Scorecard on the page to see the M stat for batting :D. Well how useful it is really depends on your take on the game. If I see a batsmen registering only 5 minutes in an innings, Id assume the bowling side did a good job of getting him out before he settled in.
gettin him out bfore he settles in? whether he got enuff time to settle in or not depends on the number of balls he faced.. more than the minutes spent right? cuz minutes spent wil include the time hes just standing at the bowling end... so to see if the bowling team got sum guy out bfore he cud settle in, u can just look at the numbr of balls he faced.. dont really need the minutes... i guess.. but blahh u know better
^ yaar look carefully, it cant be matches :D. Habibul bashar has played more than 2 matches lol. Its confusing because normally in batting stats, when one player's career stats are displayed, M is matches, but on a scorecard, like this one, it signifies minutes. :D
^ yaar look carefully, it cant be matches :D. Habibul bashar has played more than 2 matches lol. Its confusing because normally in batting stats, when one player's career stats are displayed, M is matches, but on a scorecard, like this one, it signifies minutes. :D