8 Dec / 2013(202-B)…Age and experience factor responsible for Australia’s rise in Test cricket!.

 

 

 

Laures award

Australia fundamentally had 3 eras of Test captains since 1999.

In my last column I wrote about age factor being key for their success, and exposed how Australians perform better as they get older, with peak performance coming between age (27-35).

In this I would detail their age group (3 years slug) performance in each of batting/bowling position, led by 3 different captains’ between 1999-2013.

Since there is a myriad of data for this analysis, I have used relevant & simple stats for my analysis excluding players and only using age and Bat/Bowl post.

AGE GROUP

18-20 age group

21-23 age group

24-26 age group

27-29 age group

30-32 age group

33-35 age group

36-39 age group(4 years)

 

A Brief

When Tugga(Steve Waugh) led Australia, Ponting was the most successful young (24-26 age bracket) successful batsman to perform consistently. He use to bat at No.6, and excelled with Avg 80.00 in  16 Test inns. And he maintained his form in the next age group (26-29) scoring 13 Test centuries in 50 inns!. Ponting scored 18 centuries u/Waugh’s captaincy.

However his trump cards were the openers, who peaked when they reached 30. Hayden, Langer and Slater launched a start Tugga was looking for. Amongst them they scored 26 centuries after reaching age of 30. (overall 29 centuries scored by openers during Waugh’s captaincy 1999-2004)

Overall there were 90 centuries scored by Australians when Steve Waugh led Australia (59 Tests).

In 2002 Australia cricket team won the Laureus World Sports Awards.Kapil Dev was the sole cricketer on the jury, said, “It was hard to explain all members because they don’t follow cricket. I had to explain what the Australians had done had never happened in 200 years. “sixteen Test victories in a row”!!.

Steve Waugh adds, “It is nice to win but its more important to be remembered the way we played and the standards we set. We believe we changed the way Test cricket is played”.

Below is the whole read from The Australian newspaper.

Laures award

Laures note

 

Laures note PDF file

 

 

Captains legacy

 

 

 

Here is a list Age Group

18-20 age group

21-23 age group

24-26 age group

27-29 age group

30-32 age group

33-35 age group

36-39 age group(4 years)

Minimum 10 Inns.

 

Steve Waugh captaincy

Age group (24-26) 

 

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
VI 18 1059 4 1 75.64 136.71 55.33 3.58 36.37
IX 37 570 0 0 19.66 47.24 41.61 5.04 11.82

 

27-29 age group

 

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
I 29 783 1 29.00 66.26 43.77 4.78 19.26
II 30 1051 1 37.54 94.82 39.59 5.15 28.36
III 82 4730 10 8 63.92 105.50 60.59 3.41 31.39
VI 26 844 2 44.42 86.21 51.53 3.77 21.02
VII 19 823 1 63.31 92.77 68.24 3.15 20.23
VIII 12 258 23.45 38.91 60.28 3.66 11.38
IX 24 422 24.82 42.29 58.69 3.80 9.92
X 30 192 0 0 9.60 25.50 37.65 5.86 5.39
XI 18 109 10.90 21.00 51.90 3.96 4.20

 

30-32 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
I 70 3108 8 1 47.09 79.32 59.37 3.69 24.40
II 69 3940 13 4 64.59 98.48 65.59 3.37 28.98
III 13 274 21.08 36.77 57.32 3.98 12.32
IV 16 613 43.79 88.50 49.48 4.23 25.52
VI 27 1100 4 45.83 80.63 56.85 3.52 24.35
VII 42 2014 5 2 62.94 71.66 87.83 2.66 17.96
VIII 37 684 0 0 19.00 29.19 65.08 3.36 8.91
X 10 52 5.78 13.78 41.94 4.59 3.27
XI 37 146 6.35 15.39 41.24 4.78 3.28

 

 

33-35 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
IV 37 1509 2 2 44.38 83.76 52.98 3.76 25.06
V 32 1346 3 3 48.07 100.93 47.63 4.00 30.04
VII 15 188 12.53 22.93 54.65 3.66 7.46
VIII 21 399 19.95 29.15 68.44 3.29 9.88

 

 

36-39 age group(4 years)

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
IV 31 1065 2 38.04 67.36 56.47 4.00 19.93
V 46 2208 7 2 55.20 105.53 52.31 3.92 29.78

 

 

Ricky Ponting captaincy

 

21-23 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
I 11 578 1 1 57.80 90.50 63.87 3.56 23.91
VI 15 571 1 1 38.07 68.80 55.33 3.82 21.91

 

24-26 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
V 19 874 2 51.41 91.47 56.21 3.58 26.93
VII 12 360 30.00 71.33 42.06 4.65 22.41
VIII 10 210 0 0 26.25 59.63 44.03 4.08 14.98
IX 10 147 18.38 31.50 58.33 4.13 8.95
X 19 262 18.71 39.07 47.90 4.38 9.80
XI 21 134 0 0 9.57 19.71 48.55 4.93 4.16

 

 

27-29 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
I 49 2403 4 1 51.13 97.45 52.47 3.93 29.89
IV 19 364 19.16 42.42 45.16 4.48 13.62
V 52 2556 7 2 55.57 108.46 51.23 3.72 31.90
VI 21 361 18.05 47.65 37.88 5.12 15.17
VIII 33 610 1 20.33 35.37 57.49 4.13 10.24
IX 62 1021 23.74 46.72 50.82 4.19 10.12
X 30 430 0 0 18.70 32.91 56.80 4.03 7.76
XI 19 79 7.90 21.00 37.62 6.00 4.90

 

30-32 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
III 61 3560 10 4 71.20 118.60 60.03 3.24 31.80
IV 19 870 3 58.00 111.07 52.22 3.64 28.84
V 24 1253 2 2 62.65 116.95 53.57 3.80 30.48
VI 64 2038 5 33.97 66.45 51.12 3.96 20.47
VII 39 1647 2 2 48.44 83.18 58.24 3.66 23.87
VIII 19 283 16.65 36.82 45.21 5.13 9.87
IX 30 423 18.39 43.43 42.34 5.12 10.37
X 32 241 8.61 17.50 49.18 4.05 5.49

 

33-35 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
I 69 3004 4 4 46.94 83.89 55.95 3.64 25.37
II 127 5772 14 2 48.10 91.78 52.41 3.81 29.32
III 57 2419 4 2 43.98 70.04 62.80 3.32 22.85
IV 98 3872 9 2 43.02 90.81 47.38 4.14 27.02
V 41 1739 3 2 44.59 77.67 57.41 3.45 24.62
VI 27 1043 2 1 41.72 62.56 66.69 3.27 18.91
VII 54 1807 4 1 37.65 50.38 74.73 2.94 14.85
VIII 24 501 1 23.86 37.24 64.07 3.33 9.80
X 24 244 13.56 21.33 63.54 3.31 5.69
XI 41 260 13.68 25.05 54.62 3.87 4.53

 

 

36-39 age group(4 years)

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
I 19 429 25.24 41.88 60.25 3.85 11.84
II 10 559 3 62.11 102.78 60.43 2.50 31.51
III 23 813 36.95 64.91 56.93 3.44 21.29
VII 13 383 31.92 44.67 71.46 2.78 13.37
VIII 28 589 0 0 24.54 35.21 69.70 2.98 10.54

 

 

 

Michael Clarke Test captaincy

21-23 age group

 

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
II 13 377 1 29.00 58.23 49.80 4.56 18.78
IX 16 375 28.85 45.00 64.10 3.38 11.10
X 16 303 0 0 33.67 71.67 46.98 4.27 12.76

 

24-26 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
I 11 310 1 0 28.18 39.55 71.26 3.32 12.02
II 14 681 1 1 56.75 76.25 74.43 3.04 22.31
III 18 575 0 33.82 72.18 46.86 4.37 21.56
V 12 514 1 46.73 97.73 47.81 4.09 30.28
VI 17 393 1 0 26.20 54.60 47.99 3.67 15.81
VII 18 485 1 0 34.64 70.86 48.89 3.67 17.28
X 11 83 0 0 10.38 23.25 44.62 5.64 5.33
XI 23 173 0 0 17.30 48.30 35.82 5.89 6.71

 

27-29 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
II 12 458 1 0 38.17 61.83 61.73 3.37 22.68
III 17 438 1 25.76 62.29 41.36 4.71 21.04
VIII 19 215 0 0 11.32 24.95 45.36 4.74 7.67
IX 21 307 0 0 17.06 36.61 46.59 4.31 10.58
X 11 158 0 0 15.80 30.00 52.67 4.17 8.94

30-32 age group

 

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
I 32 1107 1 0 34.59 73.72 46.93 4.50 23.97
II 13 216 0 0 16.62 39.92 41.62 4.59 13.72
III 18 479 0 1 26.61 53.28 49.95 4.17 17.38
IV 24 793 1 1 33.04 61.17 54.02 3.64 20.30
V 35 2418 4 5 75.56 121.28 62.30 3.24 36.79
VIII 16 386 32.17 52.67 61.08 3.34 12.01

 

33-35 age group

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
VII 17 353 23.53 44.80 52.53 3.95 13.31

36-39 age group(4 years)

Bat # Inn Runs  100s   150s Avg B/W St.Rate Balls/ss Avg overs/Inn
IV 25 963 1 1 40.13 76.88 52.20 3.54 24.70
VI 26 1205 4 1 50.21 89.92 55.84 3.45 28.92
VII 15 480 0 0 34.29 62.07 55.24 3.32 20.75

 

 

 

 

Bowling  Performance for following age group

18-20 age group

21-23 age group

24-26 age group

27-29 age group

30-32 age group

33-35 age group

36-39 age group(4 years)

Minimum 10 Inns.

 

 

Steve Waugh’s Captaincy

 

24-26 age group

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   wkts   4wi  5wi Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
2 55 5993 2969 109 2 6 27.24 54.98 3.00 165.01 26.28
3 18 1741 1117 40 3 1 27.93 43.53 3.85 167.76 18.29
4 14 1290 712 17 0 1 41.88 75.88 3.31 251.29 22.33

 

27-29 age group

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   wkts  5wi/10 Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
1 41 5356 2568 93 4-2 27.61 57.59 2.88 166.10 27.74
2 44 5071 2336 99 2 23.60 51.22 2.77 142.07 26.72
3 24 2205 1275 40 0 31.88 55.13 3.43 189.19 23.15
4 15 1412 773 27 2 28.63 52.30 3.29 172.24 21.30
5 21 804 463 10 0 46.30 80.40 3.46 277.80 19.40

 

30-32 age group 

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   wkts  5wi/10wk/mt Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
1 65 7550 3033 153 8-4 19.82 49.35 2.41 118.95 33.62
2 12 1185 564 15 1 37.60 79.00 2.86 225.83 29.90
3 41 5418 2684 94 8-3 28.55 57.64 2.98 171.68 22.42
4 57 7294 3681 120 6-1 30.68 60.78 3.04 184.49 22.51

 33-35 age group 

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   wkts  5wi Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
3 22 2801 1351 54 2 25.02 51.87 2.89 150.12 22.92
4 21 2431 1212 52 1-2 23.31 46.75 3.00 140.08 22.25
5 10 554 248 5 0 49.60 110.80 2.69 298.03 30.37

 

36-39 age group(4 years) 

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   wkts  5wi Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
5 26 797 369 10 1 36.90 79.70 2.78 221.96 24.15
6 12 426 223 2 0 111.50 213.00 3.14 669.00 12.68

 

Ricky Ponting’s Test captaincy

 

24-26 age group

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   wkts  5wi Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
1 12 1296 663 30 1 22.10 43.20 3.07 132.60 29.17
2 35 3818 1962 61 3 32.16 62.59 3.08 193.08 22.80
3 21 2289 1277 27 2-1 47.30 84.78 3.35 284.00 18.10
4 14 1236 753 21 3-1 35.86 58.86 3.67 215.77 15.09
5 11 534 314 3 0 104.67 178.00 3.53 628.00 13.48

 

 

27-29 age group

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   wkts   4wi  5wi Sum of 10w/mt Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
1 48 5513 2878 93 6 6 30.95 59.28 3.14 185.87 19.83
2 67 7601 4096 144 7 5 2 28.44 52.78 3.21 169.27 20.43
3 52 5166 2894 87 3 7 1 33.26 59.38 3.37 200.05 18.86
4 57 5881 3020 108 3 5 1 27.96 54.45 3.05 165.88 21.48
5 43 2985 1568 27 0 4 58.07 110.56 3.15 348.44 17.69
6 20 801 405 10 0 0 40.50 80.10 3.03 243.00 17.23

30-32 age group

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   Wkts   4wi  5wi Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
1 55 6489 3473 117 7 5 29.68 55.46 3.22 178.43 19.08
2 35 3576 1862 65 4 3 28.65 55.02 3.13 172.22 21.69
3 45 4219 1937 79 4 2 24.52 53.41 2.72 145.17 24.84
4 19 1272 565 22 1 2 25.68 57.82 2.67 154.09 25.00
5 26 1059 479 9 0 0 53.22 117.67 2.72 319.70 22.69
6 11 461 255 9 0 2 28.33 51.22 2.93 149.96 16.07

 

33-35 age group 

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   Wkts   4wi  5wi Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
1 46 5284 2234 112 8 6 19.95 47.18 2.51 118.49 30.35
2 17 1710 765 24 1 1 31.88 71.25 2.68 191.25 25.61
3 29 3607 1850 60 3 4 30.83 60.12 3.08 185.27 20.66
4 25 2747 1444 60 4 1 24.07 45.78 3.16 144.89 20.60
5 32 2152 1078 41 1 2 26.29 52.49 3.01 157.87 17.58
6 20 800 451 15 0 1 30.07 53.33 3.39 180.58 16.52

 

36-39 age group(4 years)

Bowl# Inns Balls  runs   Wkts   4wi  5wi Avg B/W R/O LER x LSR Mdns(%)
3 14 2088 972 39 4 2 24.92 53.54 2.80 149.88 19.87
4 44 6098 3401 109 8 7 31.20 55.94 3.35 187.31 16.14

 

 

 

Michael Clarke’s captaincy

21-23 age group

Bowl#    inns  balls  runs   Wkts   4wi  5wi avg b/w r/o ler lsr % mdns
1 23 2752 1599 57 2 4 28.05 48.28 3.49 168.71 19.01
2 12 1287 662 21 0 1 31.52 61.29 3.09 189.32 19.13

 

24-26 age group

Bowl#    inns  balls  runs   Wkts   4wi  5wi avg b/w r/o ler lsr % mdns
4 24 2917 1472 46 2 2 32.00 63.41 3.04 192.66 22.91
5 23 2096 1164 33 3 0 35.27 63.52 3.34 211.96 15.48

 

27-29 age group

Bowl#    inns  balls  runs   wkts   4wi  5wi avg b/w r/o ler lsr % mdns
2 28 3554 1577 71 6 3 22.21 50.06 2.67 133.57 28.93
3 23 2155 1126 41 0 2 27.46 52.56 3.14 165.18 24.00
4 12 1533 780 20 0 1 39.00 76.65 3.06 234.92 26.33

 

30-32 age group

Bowl#    inns  balls  runs   Wkts   4wi  5wi avg b/w r/o ler lsr % mdns
1 11 1054 551 23 2 1 23.96 45.83 3.14 143.96 24.52
3 17 1440 699 15 1 0 46.60 96.00 2.92 280.07 22.12
4 13 1115 544 17 0 1 32.00 65.59 2.93 192.14 28.00
5 13 772 351 11 0 1 31.91 70.18 2.73 191.85 25.70
6 13 480 162 4 0 0 40.50 120.00 2.03 243.00 36.25

33-35 age group

Bowl#    inns  balls  runs   Wkts   4wi  5wi avg b/w r/o ler lsr % mdns
1 13 1495 673 30 0 1 22.43 49.83 2.70 134.64 23.69

 

36-39 age group(4 years)

Bowl#    inns  balls  runs   Wkts   4wi  5wi avg b/w r/o ler lsr % mdns
6 11 168 84 2 0 0 42.00 84.00 3.00 252.00 17.86

 

Photo courtesy: The Australian(www.theaustralian.com.au),dated May 16, 2002.

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