A definitive analysis that takes more than just performance figures into account
Anantha Narayanan13-Jun-2020My April article was titled «Who’s the better ODI batsman: Richards or Tendulkar or Kohli?» and some readers assumed it was an analysis to determine the best ODI batsman of all time. In that piece I took two important measures — the Weighted Batting Average (WBA) and the Strike Rate (SR) — and adjusted those values across five periods. I also wrote at the time that many other factors needed to be taken into account to determine the best ODI batsman of all time. Quite a few readers did not read those sections of the article and were upset with the conclusions. So let me make it clear now:
