Tom Nielsen

USA National Team Analysis

In a previous post, I looked at some data on partnership pairings in T20 cricket. First, I looked at partnership performance by handedness of the pair at the crease-i.e., same-handed vs Right/Left combination. There was some evidence that Right/Left partnerships offered a small benefit compared to same-handed partnerships, but it wasn’t present across all leagues.Continue reading “USA National Team Analysis”

T20 Partnership Analysis

Introduction In this post, I will do some light analysis on partnership pairings in T20 cricket. We’ll look at whether or not it’s beneficial to pair left-and right-handed batters together, as well as whether or not it’s beneficial to pair pace-favoring batters with spin-favoring batters. This is not meant to be a thorough or comprehensiveContinue reading “T20 Partnership Analysis”

New Limited Overs Cricket Models

The extended cricket hiatus brought on by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic brought my Cricket Simulations to a grinding halt, but freed up plenty of time to re-think and re-evaluate my current cricket modeling methods. Coming from a statistical background, it is tempting to create models that simulate events at the lowest possible granularity-in cricket, thisContinue reading “New Limited Overs Cricket Models”

2023 World Cup Qualification Simulations-January 2020

Months after the thrilling finale of the 2019 ODI World Cup, qualification for the next edition in 2023 is already underway. The road to the World Cup involves 32 teams across 4 competitions that will stretch multiple years ahead of final qualifiers and the 10-team (still far too small!) World Cup. The 4 competitions (3Continue reading “2023 World Cup Qualification Simulations-January 2020”

Bowling Analysis-World Cup League 2

Introduction My previous blog post outlined methodology for estimating Bowler Impact-in other words, the number of runs per over above or below average a bowler adds to the opposition’s total. This analysis accounts for the match states in which a bowler appears-overs and wickets left-as well as the estimated run value of a wicket. InContinue reading “Bowling Analysis-World Cup League 2”

Run Value of a Wicket, and Bowling Analysis of the T20 World Cup Qualifier

Introduction As an American, I cut my sports analytics teeth in the world of baseball’s sabermetrics. A central tenet of baseball analytics is determining the average run value of each potential plate outcome. We can then determine the value added by a player in all their plate appearances and see how many runs above averageContinue reading “Run Value of a Wicket, and Bowling Analysis of the T20 World Cup Qualifier”