For those of us interested in cricket statistics, and let us be honest there are very few cricketers that don’t take at least an occasional glance at their averages, there has been another big improvement in the way information is displayed in the Data Centre. Sportstatz, which produces the statistics from the result cards that clubs painstakingly produce after every match, have now expanded the reporting options for individual players.
Up until recently when you selected a name from the Player Profile you were presented with a summary career record [back to 2011 as this is how far the scorecards go] of the player. Now you can break down this record by year, competition, club, ground and opponents. This means, for instance, that one can see how an individual youth player has improved over a number of years - moving through the competition levels. Or you can see whether an individual has particularly good or bad performances against individual teams. Perhaps important if you want to plan your holidays.
Sportstatz is a really excellent tool for those who are interested in compiling performance tables [at team, club or competition level]. But it also contains information that may benefit the individual player. The reports, for instance, show the different ways that a player has been out in their career. If you aren’t interested in this as a batter, then perhaps some of the bowlers might take note.
Of course the main limitation is that we only have six years of scorecards. There are complete scorecards for Divisions I and II going back to 1995 [and we may be able to push back a little before this time] but these are held as scanned records. If we can get enough willing hands it would be possible to input these scorecards into the system. This would have to be done during the October - December period because of the way in which Sporstatz is linked to the registration process. But if we had enough volunteers then we could, perhaps over a couple of years, greatly improve the scope of the records.
So if anyone is willing to commit to giving up a little of their free time from next October please let us know. It is a relatively simple process and only requires a computer and access to the internet. It is estimated that it would take about 25 hours to upload all the relevant scorecards for a single year. If there was volunteers it is a task that is easily manageable.
So if there is anyone willing to volunteer a little of their time in the off-season please contact cricketleinster@gmail.com.