Dynamic programming in one day cricket - optimal scoring rates

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Title: Dynamic programming in one day cricket - optimal scoring rates
Author(s): Clarke, Stephen R.
Abstract: Using a dynamic programming formulation, an analysis is presented of the innings of the team which bats first and the innings of the team which bats second. This allows a calculation, at any stage of the innings, of the optimal scoring rate, along with an estimate of the total number of runs to be scored or the chance of winning. The analysis is used to shed some light on possible batting tactics, to quantify the effects of selecting extra batsmen in a side, and to suggest a method for the development of alternative measures of player performance. Results suggest that scoring rates should be more uniform than at present, and that the team batting second has an advantage. Possible extensions to the model are discussed.
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
Source: Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 39, no. 4 (Apr. 1998), pp. 331-337
Publication year: 1988
Keyword(s): Dynamic programming; Cricket
Publisher: Pergamon Press for Operational Research Society
Format: text/xml
Publisher URL: Journal of the Operational Research Society
Peer reviewed