| Highest Score | 1661 |
| Lowest Score | 622 |
| Average Score | 119 |
| Average Losing Score | 114 |
| Average WINNING Score | 126 |
(2) India (v Australia, 2011)
All the usual caveats of course apply: there are lies, damned lies and statistics!
Nevertheless, it does suggest that a run-a-ball 120 is round-about a par score amongst the top teams.
Bizarrely England have batted better against Aus/Ind/NZ than the other nations across (all) their T20 matches.
ReplyDeleteBatting first they have averaged 136.57 against A/I/NZ but 135.14 against the other nations.
Batting second they have averaged 116.32 against A/I/NZ but 102.81 against the other nations - clearly reflecting the fact they have been chasing higher scores against A/I/NZ.
England's overall average score batting first is 135.41 and batting second is 112.51. Combined its 123.05.
Interesting. I feel another post coming on...
ReplyDeleteCountry / 1st/2nd / Total Score / Number / Average
ReplyDeleteAustralia 1st 813 6 135.5
Australia 2nd 1383 11 125.72
India 1st 378 3 126
India 2nd 696 6 116
Ireland 1st 136 1 136
New Zealand 1st 721 5 144.2
New Zealand 2nd 1178 11 107.09
Pakistan 1st 563 4 140.75
Pakistan 2nd 206 2 103
South Africa 1st 698 5 139.6
South Africa 2nd 267 3 89
Sri Lanka 1st 414 3 138
Sri Lanka 2nd 99 1 99
West Indies 1st 872 7 124.57
West Indies 2nd 559 5 111.8
By way of stressing the need to separate 1st and 2nd innings scores to get a meaningful view; England highest 6 batting 2nd scores in T20 have been against Aus (5) and NZ (1) - yes the better teams because the better teams tend to produce higher scores to chase. One has to get as low as 131 before encountering an England batting 2nd score that wasn't against Aus/NZ - which was against SA when we successfully chased 128. Against India the most we've chased is only 125 .... tends to underline your proposition elsewhere that the WI are definately in the T20 top 4 now, possibly even top 3 or top 2 and they could well win the T20 world cup in 2014.
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