AUS Vs INDIA 2nd TEST - Statistical Analysis - Lyon heroics not enough

Well, the results of the second test were pretty convincing....Australia wins.


And once again I will go to my old friend the z-score to try and explain why this is...


It appears in the batting, you either played well or had a shocker. Only 3 players had standard ok games (z-scores of between 0.5 and -0.5)...Marsh, Pujara and Vihari










In Batting, quality players (z-score of > 0.5 SD)










V Kohli (INDIA) - z-score of 2.58
MS Harris (AUS) - z-score of 1.26
AM Rahane (INDIA) - z-score of  1.02
TM Head (AUS) - z-score of 0.92
UT Khawaja (AUS) - z-score of  0.92
TD Paine (AUS) - z-score of 0.86
AJ Finch (AUS) - z-score of 0.86
RR Pant (INDIA) - z-score of 0.63






Kohli showed his class this game, and again Rahane was effective. For Australia, most of the top 6 got runs.






The dodgy players (z-score of <- -0="" .5="" 0.5="" p="" sd="">

Mohammed Shami (INDIA) - z-score of -1.12
I Sharma (INDIA) - z-score of -1.09
KL Rahul (INDIA) - z-score of -1.07
JJ Bumrah (INDIA) - z-score of  -1.01
UT Yadav (INDIA) - z-score of  -0.96
NM Lyon (AUS) - z-score of  -0.75
JR Hazlewood (AUS) - z-score of -0.67
M Vijay (INDIA) - z-score of -0.59
PJ Cummins (AUS) - z-score of -0.59
MA Starc (AUS) - z-score of -0.59
PSP Handscomb (AUS) - z-score of -0.59


Bowlers well represented in the bottom list as expected, but Handscomb, Rahul and Vijay are top order batsman and need to do better.


In bowling it was really all Lyon, though Bumrah had another good game.


Lyon (AUS) - z-score of 1.66
I Sharma (IND) - z-score of 0.87
JJ Bumrah (IND) - z-score of 0.70


On the crap list


M Vijay (IND) - z-score of -1.77 (with only 1 over)
UT Yadav (IND) - z-score of -1.11
GH Vihari (IND) - z-score of -0.69


For the Starc haters, Starc had a worse game, statistically, this game than the first test. Got a z-score of 0.04 this test compared to 0.96 in the first.


So all up, India's bowlers weren't too bad, though Yadav needs to get dropped, ASAP. Had a shocker. The loss of Ashwin has pretty apparent. Was won in the batting this test with a welcome return to form by our blademen and some dodgy opening by the Indians.