Comments on: Ducking the question; and the Ponting Number http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/08/10/ducking-the-question-and-the-ponting-number/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brett Duncan http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/08/10/ducking-the-question-and-the-ponting-number/comment-page-1/#comment-176720 Brett Duncan Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:30:59 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/08/10/ducking-the-question-and-the-ponting-number/#comment-176720 The really sad part about your list of "most ducks" is that Atherton is the only one in the list who was a batsman rather than a bowler. The really sad part about your list of “most ducks” is that Atherton is the only one in the list who was a batsman rather than a bowler.

]]> By: Dominic Sayers http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/08/10/ducking-the-question-and-the-ponting-number/comment-page-1/#comment-173564 Dominic Sayers Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:25:55 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/08/10/ducking-the-question-and-the-ponting-number/#comment-173564 When you say "subtracting the number of zeroes", are you including not outs? I know it's unlikely that batsmen with 10 centuries or more would have a 0* but it's possible and they should probably be excluded from the analysis so that it records genuine ducks. Also, what does this show us? It promotes Bradman nearer the top of the list, but you can do this by counting the number of innings per century: Player Innings per century DG Bradman (Aus) 2.76 CL Walcott (WI) 4.93 H Sutcliffe (Eng) 5.25 ED Weekes (WI) 5.40 Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 5.48 RT Ponting (Aus) 5.55 ML Hayden (Aus) 5.89 SR Tendulkar (India) 6.05 GS Sobers (WI) 6.15 GS Chappell (Aus) 6.29 SM Gavaskar (India) 6.29 WR Hammond (Eng) 6.36 RN Harvey (Aus) 6.52 KF Barrington (Eng) 6.55 M Azharuddin (India) 6.68 JB Hobbs (Eng) 6.80 BC Lara (ICC/WI) 6.82 L Hutton (Eng) 7.26 MP Vaughan (Eng) 7.29 Qualification: 15 Test centuries When you say “subtracting the number of zeroes”, are you including not outs? I know it’s unlikely that batsmen with 10 centuries or more would have a 0* but it’s possible and they should probably be excluded from the analysis so that it records genuine ducks.

Also, what does this show us? It promotes Bradman nearer the top of the list, but you can do this by counting the number of innings per century:

Player Innings per century
DG Bradman (Aus) 2.76
CL Walcott (WI) 4.93
H Sutcliffe (Eng) 5.25
ED Weekes (WI) 5.40
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 5.48
RT Ponting (Aus) 5.55
ML Hayden (Aus) 5.89
SR Tendulkar (India) 6.05
GS Sobers (WI) 6.15
GS Chappell (Aus) 6.29
SM Gavaskar (India) 6.29
WR Hammond (Eng) 6.36
RN Harvey (Aus) 6.52
KF Barrington (Eng) 6.55
M Azharuddin (India) 6.68
JB Hobbs (Eng) 6.80
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 6.82
L Hutton (Eng) 7.26
MP Vaughan (Eng) 7.29

Qualification: 15 Test centuries

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