Stats Analysis

The Superstats stories from World Cup 2019

A collection of Smart Stats and Luck Index stories from the 2019 World Cup

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Superstats is ESPNcricinfo's new bouquet of stats metrics for enhanced and in-depth storytelling. It consists of three elements:

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Smart Stats goes beyond runs, wickets, averages and economy rates, and values player performances based on opposition strength and match context. Read more about it here.

Luck Index is a unique metric which, for the first time in cricket, quantifies every lucky event in a match, whether it be a dropped catch or a poor umpiring decision. Read more about it here.

Forecaster does a spot of crystal-ball-gazing and predicts win probabilities in each game.

Through the 2019 World Cup, ESPNcricinfo has been doing match analyses using these tools, to provide greater insight and more in-depth stats-based stories from the tournament. Here is a list of these stories:

Bangladesh v India, Jul 2 - Tamim's costly miss, and Rohit's surge

Australia v England, Jun 25 - Behrendorff the standout performer in Australia win

Bangladesh v Afghanistan, Jun 24 - Shakib's all-round brilliance

New Zealand v West Indies, Jun 22 - New Zealand's two-man show from Williamson and Boult

New Zealand v South Africa, Jun 19 - The missed run-out that could have saved South Africa's day

Mid-tournament round-up, Jun 18 - Shakib the MVP, Warner slips down on Smart Runs list

Bangladesh v West Indies, Jun 17 - Shakib Al Hasan floors West Indies with high-impact performance

Australia v Pakistan, Jun 12 - Pat Cummins the enforcer, and Asif Ali's costly miss

Australia v India, Jun 9 - Hardik's promotion, and reprieve, made the difference for India

Australia v West Indies, Jun 6 - The missed chance that hurt West Indies

India v South Africa, Jun 5 - Du Plessis' costly drop, Bumrah outperforms Chahal

England v Pakistan, Jun 3 - Hafeez makes the most of Roy clanger

England v South Africa, May 30 - Jofra Archer's big-impact World Cup debut