Understand Powerplays

UNDERSTANDING THE POWERPLAY Powerplays were an effort to add excitement in the middle overs of a One Day International cricket match. Now into its second world cup since introduction, Powerplays, have also brought much confusion amongst team captains, and debate amongst aficionados. Here we look at how the world's top 9 countries have coped so far in the most challenging of all Powerplays - The Batting Powerplay. WHAT'S THAT? HOW'S THAT? A block of overs designed to give a temporary advantage to the batting side by applying fielding restrictions on the bowling side. PP1 = First 10 overs Mandatory - only two fielders outside the 30-yard circle PP2 & PP3 = 5 overs, anytime between 11th and 46th over. HOW MANY IN AN INNINGS? POWERPLAY! Batting powerplay Discretion of the batting side - five overs, three fielders outside the 30-yard circle Bowling powerplay Discretion of the fielding side - five overs, three fielders outside the 30-yard circle Powerplays were first introduced on 7 July 2005 in an ODI between England and Australia. Signalled by Umpire moving his arm in a circular motion. BEST BATTING AND BOWLING LINEUPS FOR THE WORLD CUP BEST BATTING LINEUP BEST BOWLING LINEUP cumulative batting averages from Jan 2009 up to the 2011 World Cup. cumulative bowling averages from Jan 2009 up to the 2011 World Cup. SOUTH AFRICA 45.39 AUSTRALIA 24.26 000 INDIA 40.01 SRI LANKA 24.89 000 AUSTRALIA 36.56 PAKISTAN 31.47 ENGLAND 33.30 INDIA 31.63 WEST INDIES 31.17 SOUTH AFRICA 32.43 00 SRI LANKA 30.20 ENGLAND 33.41 PAKISTAN 28.85 BANGLADESH 34.16 NEW ZEALAND 28.79 NEW ZEALAND 34.91 BANGLADESH 28.56 WEST INDIES 35.12 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 20 25 30 35 40 CUMULATIVE AVERAGE O CUMULATIVE AVERAGE NO. OF BATSMEN WITH AVG. > = 40 O NO. OF BOWLERS WITH AVG. <=25 BATTING POWERPLAY PERFORMANCES UP TO THE 2011 WORLD CUP" * Champions Trophy 2009 (22nd Feb 2009) till 2011 World Cup AVG. RUNS SCORED AVG. RATE OF SCORING Average runs scored and conceded during Batting Powerplays. Average rate of runs scored and conceded during Batting Powerplays. 27.65 8.39 AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA 17.03 7.05 24.85 7.78 SOUTH AFRICA SRI LANKA 19.04 6.72 25.65 8.22 WEST INDIES NEW ZEALAND 22.78 7.74 21.92 7.47 SRI LANKA INDIA 20 7.7 25.6 7.65 INDIA SOUTH AFRICA 23.77 8.05 24.17 7.39 NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND 23.46 7.81 19.98 6.83 ENGLAND WEST INDIES 19.65 7.42 15.86 7.52 PAKISTAN PAKISTAN 22.85 8.17 14.61 7.05 BANGLADESH BANGLADESH 26.63 8.44 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 6.5 7.5 8.5 SCORED (For) RATE OF RUNS RUN RATE AVERAGE CONCEDED (Against) ECONOMY RATE With the highest positive differential between avg. runs scored & rate of scoring at 10.62 and 1.34 respectively, Australia have been the best team at executing Powerplays, by a large margin. With differentials of 1.83 and 0.71 respectively, India & New Zealand have been let down by their bowlers conceding far too many runs, inspite of strong batting performances. Only three teams - Australia, Sri Lanka and New Zealand have a positive differential, meaning that the rest of the teams scored at a slower rate than they conceded during Powerplays. BATTING POWERPLAY PERFORMANCES IN THE 2011 WORLD CUP* ** Updated till the match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on March 14, 2011 AVG. RUNS SCORED AVG. RATE OF SCORING Average runs scored and conceded during Batting Powerplays. Average rate of runs scored and conceded during Batting Powerplays. 52.33 10.18 PAKISTAN SOUTH AFRICA 15.2 4.93 40 9.6 WEST INDIES WEST INDIES 14 5.6 38.5 8.89 AUSTRALIA SRI LANKA 23.33 5.66 21.5 9.81 SOUTH AFRICA PAKISTAN 6.67 6.6 25.2 10.6 INDIA NEW ZEALAND 13.23 7.94 33.2 7.2 SRI LANKA INDIA 28.33 7.31 21.5 7.7 NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA 8.23 18 6.75 BANGLADESH BANGLADESH 33.33 7.5 13.16 6.4 ENGLAND ENGLAND 37.2 8.58 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 6. 10 SCORED (For) RUN RATE AVERAGE RATE OF RUNS CONCEDED (Against) ECONOMY RATE Among the top teams, England have struggled the most during these five overs, losing 12 wickets - easily the most by any team - and averaging only 6.40 runs per over. South Africa and West Indies, are the only teams to score more than 50 twice during the Batting Powerplays. With the best bowling performance figures (9 wickets, < 7 average, < 5 economy rate) coupled with their batting run-rate, South Africa have been the best team in the Batting Powerplays. BEST PLAYERS IN THE BATTING POWERPLAYS ** Updated till the match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on March 14, 2011 BEST BATSMEN BEST BOWLERS 78 4 AB DE VILLIERS South Africa DALE STEYN South Africa 32 3.27 67 3 ROSS TAYLOR New Zealand MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN 34 Sri Lanka 4.57 65 KIERON POLLARD West Indies ZAHEER KHAN India 31 4.96 61 UPUL THARANGA Sri Lanka UMAR GUL 35 Pakistan 5.47 53 RYAN TEN DOESCHATE Netherlands RYAN TEN DOESCHATE Netherlands 31 6.33 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 3.5 4.5 5.5 6. NO. OF RUNS/BALLS RUNS NO. OF WICKETS/ECON.RATE WICKETS BALLS ECON. RATE South African players AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn are the best batsman and bowler in Batting Powerplays. So far in the World Cup Batting Powerplays haven't always worked out well for teams, with their performance during these 5 overs proving critical to the match result. Judging by their performance in Batting Powerplays, is it safe to surmise that South Africa have the best chance at the 2011 World Cup? FusionCharts SOURCES: http://www.espncricinfo.com COUNTRY COUNTRY PLAYER COUNTRY