9 Oct / 2012(107)Persevere Partnerships in Phases

After Sri Lanka(my favorite) was unable to chase down a meager target of 138 set by West Indies(my dark horse), I doubt what was the factors that restricted them to achieve their target. 

While chasing both Jayawardene and Sangakkara treated West Indies bowling with extra respect, even played very cautiously against rookie and part-time spinners. Inspite having no close-in fielders, they hardly rotated strike, and never attacked loose balls. And as powerplay got over, the asking rate slowly climbed from 7 (at beginning) to 8. Then in the 10th over, at the score of 47, Sri Lanka lost their 2nd wkt, the all important one of Sangakkara.

 After this- Sri Lankan collapsed losing 5 wickets in 5overs !.  Was it the pitch ? or the target ? or kind of bowling attack ?  

I believe the reason being – lack of partnerships and its progressive speed through each phase, which deprived them of not meeting their target.  

It has been a common factor in this World Cup, therefore let us look how teams went chasing down anything >140 (formidable target for this tournament). 

 

Out of 27games played in this tournament,  19 had >140 target to chase – of which only 6 teams were successful in chasing down (including tied game), and 13 failed to achieve(including tied game) their target.  

A look at Partnerships and contribution from TOP4 Batsman when target was chased successfully.

 

Partnerships and Top4 Batsmen’s contribution – Successful chase
Wkt Partnerships Inns Bat Avg  50+
I 6 66.30 3
II 6 39.16 2
III 4 48 2
IV 2 22.50 0
V 2 6.50 0
VI 1 7 0
VIII DNB DNB DNB
IX DNB NB DNB
X DNB DNB DNB
       
Top(4)Batsmen’s contribution Inns  Bat Avg  50s 
 Opener(1) 6 33.00 
Openers(2)  57.33
Bat No.3  33.83 
Bat No.4    20.25 0
Top(4)-Contribution (%)  92.91 100.00% 

 


 Run-rate progression in each phase  

Target  175 134 141 149 130 147 129
Asking Rate  8.75 6.70 7.05 7.45 6.50 7.35 6.45
Teams S L PAK AUS ENG S L AUS IND
Score@ 6th over 68/0 37/3 47/0 37/1 55/1 38/1 36/1
Score@10th over 103/1 55-4 100/0 60/1 81/1 76/1 70/1
Score@ 15th over 133/3 76-7 141/1 111/1 128/1 118/2 110/2
End Inns  174/6 136/8 141/1 149/4 130/1 147/2 129/2
Over 20 19.4 14.5 18.5 15.2 17.4 17

 

 

 

 

A look at Partnerships and contribution from TOP4 Batsman when they failed to meet their target!.

 

 

Partnerships and Top4 Batsmen’s contribution in vain
Wkt Partnerships Inns Bat Avg 50+
I 13 14.80 1
II 13 12.38 0
III 13 20.00 1
IV 13 24.20 2
V 13 11.90 1
VI 12 16 0
VII 12 13.40 1
VIII 11 8.45 1
IX 9 9.89 0
X 8 7 0
 Top(4)Batsmen’s contribution   Inns Bat Avg  50s 

 Opener(1)

13 13.30 0
Opener(2) 13 16.15 1
Bat No.3 13 14.46 1
Bat No.4  13 22.08 3
Top(4)Contribution(%) 13 51.47% 62.50%

 

  

 

Team’s score at each phase while chasing unsuccessfully
Target 180 140 170 150 153 140 206 138
Asking Rate  9.00 7.00 8.50 7.50 7.70 7.00 10.30 6.90
Teams  ENG NZ ENG AUS SA PAK AUS S L
Score @ 6th over 29/2 34/1 36/3 21/2 46/2 31/2 42/3 30/1
Score @10th over 55/3 56/3 72/3 45/3 73/3 58/3 64/6 51/2
Score@15th over 110/3 99/4 106/7 82/5 107/5 92/6 121/8 72/6
End of Inns 164/4(20) 139/7(20) 150/9(20) 117/7(20) 151/10(19.5) 123/7920) 131/10(16.4) 101/10(18.4)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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