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    A statistical coincidence

    By Jonathan Liew last year, mid-October Leave a comment on this post

    Just a point England’s selectors might want to consider before they pencil in Matt Prior’s name for the squad to tour Sri Lanka tomorrow.

    Here are Matt Prior’s Test figures:

    7 matches, 397 runs, average 39.7, 1 century, strike rate 64.86, 20 catches.

    And here are Geraint Jones’ Test figures at the same stage of his career:

    7 matches, 337 runs, average 37.4, 1 century, strike rate 59.43, 21 catches.

    I’m not sure what conclusions we can reliably draw from those figures, but it’s quite creepy nonetheless.

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    2 Responses to “A statistical coincidence”

  • Will wrote:
    October 18th, 2007 at 9.01 pm

    Blimey - good spot Jonathan.

  • pseudoKu wrote:
    October 19th, 2007 at 1.03 am

    That doesn’t surprise me. After 7 tests, I am willing to bet most players in the world have similar stats, except for the catches of course!

    Statistics aren’t my favorite way of analyzing a players future. They are only good for analyzing the past!

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