Diving out of the cup

I put together a graph of the last game New Zealand played in the WT20 against Sri Lanka to show how we let that game, and the cup, slip away from us. The following graph shows how the average of the partnerships in that game declined across the game. The decline in the curve shows how the average was pulled down as the rate of loss of wickets increased.

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It occurs to me that this graph could apply to the whole tournament for New Zealand. Starting out with some decent warm up matches, then once the tournament starts the only peaks were the two wins against the minnows, with the rest of the games comprising a slow hopeless decline.

That’s all I have to say about New Zealand at the World Twenty20.

I’m making this post 5 days after the end of the tournament and 10 days after New Zealand’s last game. Part of the reason for my slackness in posting is because of the flu. But the main reason is that I’ve gotten a copy of The Wire on DVD.  I just can’t stop watching it.

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4 Responses to “Diving out of the cup”

  • Krish Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 4:41 am

    I am not sure I see the point of this graph. If you take the graph of any match, you would get something similar, right? The more wickets fall, the lower the average partnership. Obviously the lower order of any team will go down.

    Or am I missing something?

  • Ben Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    I am not sure I see the point of this graph. If you take the graph of any match, you would get something similar, right? The more wickets fall, the lower the average partnership. Obviously the lower order of any team will go down.

    I was using the graph as an analogy for the tournament for the Black Caps. However, I don’t think an innings should look like this. a team should not have halved their average partnership by the 6th wicket. That would be about the point that you would allow the average partnership to start decreasing.

  • profernity Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    The Wire? Which season? Which season?

    Seasons 2, 3 and 4 are some of the best television in history.

  • Ben Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    The Wire? Which season? Which season?

    Season 1, which I reckon is some of the best TV in history. I’m impressed to hear the other seasons are better.

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