West Indes batsmen: Converting fifties into centuries

By Dillinger
cricketwindies.com

I compiled this list earlier. I thought others might be interested in the results:



The list is sorted from highest conversion rate to the lowest.

George Headley has the highest conversion rate - converting 66.67% of his fifties into centuries. Gus Logie has the lowest conversion rate at 11.11%.

Can we just ask West Indian batsmen to convert their 20sumting

to a 50........thanks much

Oh an while at it ask Samuels and Bravo to elevate their overall average.....thx!

He had a floating boat in his leg for most of the 1990s.

Once he ditched the boat and switched to air travel, he started tonning up.

But look how many 50s Shiv hit: 66. Much more than anyone else.

The surprise in that list, for me, is Ritchie Richardson.

Good read. Historically, batsmen effectively average 2 runs more per innings once they get off the mark. So, their conversion rate from 50 to 100 should be, on average, exp(-50/(avg+2)).

Using that formula, Chanderpaul's expected conversion rate is 39.18. So he did indeed underperform his expected conversion rate.

I have gone ahead and updated the original graphic to include each batsmen's expected conversion rate.


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As we can see, there were some big name players that had a below expectancy conversion rate, including Kanhai, Richards, Lloyd, Haynes, Chanderpaul, Butcher, Worrell, Gayle, and Fredericks.

As I still had the raw data to hand, I formulated the innings per 50 for each batsmen. Frank Worrell tops the list scoring a fifty once every 3.95 innings. Daren Ganga brings up the rear with a fifty once every 9.56 innings.


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And finally, innings per 100. George Headley tops the list scoring a century once every 4 innings. While Gus Logie sputtered his way to a century once every 39 innings.


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Yeah 50 is a better expectation when your squad was loaded with talent!

back in Frankie days thru Freddo ! 1960s, 1970s and 1980s

2st Century ??  ..getting a 50 ........would be a huge BONUS for our batsmen !


Gus Logie occupied Timur Mohamed spot !