The Statsguru Awards
20-Dec-2007
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The Statsguru Awards look beyond the usual numbers - runs scored, wickets taken, batting averages and such - and are based instead on more detailed data analyses of performances in 2007. Which batsman played more consistently than any other over the entire year? Which bowler performed at his best against the top-order batsmen? Who relished tail-end wickets the most?
Cricinfo's ball-by-ball data analyses of every international game offers answers to all these queries and more. The Statsguru Awards are based on these stats. There are a number of categories, and the results are all based entirely on the quantitative analyses of performance throughout the year, which makes these awards definitive and distinctive. And to ensure that the laggards are not forgotten, there are some lemon awards sprinkled in too.
Main awards
Most valuable player of the year - Batting | Most valuable player of the year - Bowling | Most consistent batsman of the year - Tests | Best bowler against top order - Tests | Best ODI batsman of the year | Best ODI bowler of the year
Other awards
Test batting
Batting pair of the year | Best batsman versus top ten bowlers of the year | Most runs scored in boundaries | Highest percentage of team runs scored | Most runs in wins | Bowled or lbw most times | Best off-side / leg-side player
ODI batting
Batting pair of the year | Most runs scored in boundaries | Lowest dot-ball percentage | Lowest strike-rate | Highest percentage of team runs scored | Most runs in wins | Best finisher (last ten) |
Best off-side / leg-side player
Test bowling
Bowled or lbw most times | Best against the tail (last four) | Best strike-rate
ODI bowling
Best economy-rate | Best dot-ball percentage | Lowest percentage of boundaries conceded (as a percentage of balls bowled) | Worst economy-rate | Most no-balls and wides
Wicketkeeper
Most byes
Fielding
Best bowler-fielder combination
Team awards
Team of the year - Tests (Based on difference between runs scored per wicket and runs conceded per wicket)
Team of the year - ODIs [Based on the difference between the batting factor (batting average multiplied by runs scored per over) and the bowling factor (bowling average multiplied by runs conceded per over)]
Fewest extras conceded
Most run-outs effected