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Cricket World Cup 2023: Prediction Contest


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Match Day 38, prediction deadline at 10:30AM Saturday, November 11
Australia v Bangladesh
Match = 1-0
50s = 3-2

 

England v Pakistan: 2:00PM
Match = 1-0
50s = 2-2
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Match Day 39, prediction deadline at 2:00PM Sunday, November 12
India v Netherlands
Match = 1-0
50s = 2-0
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13 hours ago, nitinveer said:

Match Day 39, prediction deadline at 2:00PM Sunday, November 12
India v Netherlands
Match = 1-0
50s = 2-1

Changing the no. of 50s: 

 

Match Day 39, prediction deadline at 2:00PM Sunday, November 12
India v Netherlands
Match = 1-0
50s = 3-1

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Not entirely on-topic post:

India's bowling unit has been playing very well so far in this world cup and I hope the trend continues in the next couple of games as well. I was chatting with my cousins in a WhatsApp group. I asked the question "Which team in their opinion has been the best performing in a CWC ever?". Most people mentioned teams like AUS2007, AUS2003 and PAK1999. And, I was just wondering if it (IND2023) can be compared with one of the best performing bowling lineups in the entire history of the world cup. So, I collected some stats and made a table of the best performing bowling units in a CWC (up to CWC2019). While I had made the tables for them, I thought I might as well share them here also because you've all been playing prediction game very actively. And, I am very grateful for that. :)

Since there are potentially 2 more matches left to play for IND2023 (and some people might complain I will jinx them), so I have not included this group or any other team from the current WC.
The work I am gonna post below just considers the numbers (it has got nothing to do with the success of that team), I have not ranked these bowling units in overall terms. I will leave it to the readers to decide what criteria they wanna use while picking a team which they think performed the best. I am also aware of the fact that winning the trophy is what matters most in a WC. However, I just wanted to see the numbers. The teams which may come out on top in this work are not necessarily the greatest bowling lineups because some of them may not have won the trophy.
Okay, the introduction is over now. Next hurdle I faced was how to compare teams from different eras. Since cricket is a sport that has evolved with time. For example, run-scoring rate has seen dramatic rise if we compare CWC1975 (3.67 RPO) and CWC2019 (5.49 RPO). It would be stupid and pointless to compare stats directly from these 2 WCs. So, I believe the best way to analyse would be to compare a team's performance with its contemporaries and not with the teams from other eras. Like, West Indies 1975 team's performance should be compared with what was happening in the same year's WC i.e. WC1975. To achieve that, I extracted the average values (of some of the most important aspects of bowling numbers in cricket) from each CWC.

IMO, these aspects are:
1. Bowling Average = Number of runs conceded per wicket
2. Economy / Run Rate = Number of runs conceded per over
3. Bowling Strike Rate = Number of balls bowled per wicket
4. W/M = Number of wickets taken in a match

 

Eligibility:
Minimum matches: 5
Minimum overs: 250
Minimum wickets: 40

 

 

Best Performing Bowling Units 1975-2019

 

Best Performing Bowling Units 1975-2023

 

If someone bothers to analyse all 4 aspects :P, please share your top 5 in rank order.

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Match Day 40, prediction deadline at 2:00PM Wednesday, November 15
India v New Zealand
Match = 1-0
50s = 3-2

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Match Day 41, prediction deadline at 2:00PM Thursday, November 16
Australia vs South Africa
Match = 1-0
50s = 2-3

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Match Day 40, prediction deadline at 2:00PM Wednesday, November 15
India v New Zealand
Match = 1-0
50s = 3-2

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Match Day 41, prediction deadline at 2:00PM Thursday, November 16
Australia vs South Africa
Match = 0-1
50s = 2-3

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Match Day 40, prediction deadline at 2:00PM Wednesday, November 15
India v New Zealand
Match = 1-0
50s = 4-3

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Match Day 41, prediction deadline at 2:00PM Thursday, November 16
Australia vs South Africa
Match = 1-0
50s = 3-3

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