With 28 league games completed, we are exactly two-thirds into the World Cup qualifying stages. We take a look here at how the nine test-playing nations are shaping up, primarily on their tournament form displayed so far (see also notes below).
Terms:
Strengths:
Batting: Preserving wickets (average of 52.1 runs per dismissal and 182.0 runs per dismissal during powerplays)
Bowling: 4.2 runs per over and 16.7 balls per wicket in powerplays
Fast bowling: 3.9 runs per over and 22.8 balls per wicket
Weaknesses:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Batting: average opening partnership (43.0 runs per dismissal); poor run rate overall (4.6)
Powerplay while batting: Poor runs per dismissal (21.9); poor run rate (5.4)
Powerplay while bowling: Poor average (42.9 runs per wicket); poor economy (5.3)
Bowling: Poor strike rate (37.7 balls per wicket); poor economy (5.3)
Fast bowling: Poor economy (5.6) and strike rate (40.9)
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Losing too many wickets during the batting (third) powerplay (13.2 runs per dismissal) with poor run rate (6.40)
Bowling: Poor economy (5.5); poor strike rate (36.0)
Fast bowling: Poor economy (5.5) and strike rate (37.3)
Backup bowlers: Poor economy (5.1), average (184.0) and strike rate (216.0)
Extras: Highly profligate (98 runs) with the highest extras (33) in any innings twice - -
Strengths:
Batting: High run rate (6.1); high average runs per dismissal (46.2), High openers' strike rate (112.0)
Strike rate: Fast bowlers (22.3); backup bowlers (42.8)
Weaknesses:
Spin bowling: Poor economy (5.0), average (55.5) and strike rate (67.0)
Strengths:
Openers: High average runs per dismissal (79.0); high partnership average (66.5)
Bowling: Very good average (19.1) and strike rate (26.5), powered by fast bowling and backup bowlers
Weaknesses:
Strengths:
Lower middle order: High average (28.0) and strike rate (94.2)
Spin bowling: Good economy (4.1) and average (16.7)
Weaknesses:
Openers: Poor average score each (11.6), strike rate (62.4) and partnership average (15 runs)
Powerplay while batting: Poor average runs per dismissal (27.3)
Powerplay while bowling: Poor average runs per wicket taken (28.4)
Backup bowlers: Poor economy (5.1) and strike rate (57.0)
Strengths:
Middle order: Good average (60.7) and strike rate (93.1)
Overall bowling: Good economy (4.0) and strike rate (25.6), especially during powerplays
Weaknesses:
Openers: Poor opening stand average (43.0) and strike rate (73.8)
Poor run rate while batting (5.3), especially during powerplays (5.2)
Strengths:
Batting: Good run rate (6.0) and average (46.8) from openers, middle order and lower middle order
Powerplay while batting: Good run rate (6.4), predominantly due to mandatory powerplay
Spin bowling: Good economy (3.8), average (13.6) and strike rate (21.3)
Backup bowling: High average (19.1) and strike rate (27.8)
Weaknesses:
Strengths:
Bowling: Good average of runs per wicket (19.0) and strike rate (26.0), led by powerplay bowling
Fast bowlers: Good economy (4.1) and average (15.6)
Least extras conceded as a percentage of runs scored (3.7%)
Weaknesses:
Batting: Poor average (30.6), due to lower middle order (9.7)
Backup bowling: Poor strike rate (137.2) and average (102.0)
Notes:
* Batting performance has been classified into openers, middle order (numbers 3, 4 and 5) and lower middle order (6, 7, 8) and performance during the powerplays have also been taken into account.
* Bowling performance has been classified into how the fast bowlers, spinners and backup bowlers have performed, again taking powerplays into account.
* The analysis is based on a relative comparison of the batting, bowling and fielding performance by the teams as compared to other test-playing nations.
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