I was wishing to understand the formula to use to calculate the Batting Index and Bowling Index in Cricket. This is for limited overs cricket (50 overs) for my club players
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The batting index is calculated by adding the strike rate and the average runs. – user6189 Aug 3 '14 at 11:45
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1What is batting/bowling index? Can you provide an example? – Himanshu Jansari Aug 4 '14 at 3:55
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1never heard these terms before – Lenin Raj Rajasekaran Aug 4 '14 at 5:29
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A batting index for limited-overs cricket espncricinfo.com/thestands/content/story/752205.html – Suresh Aug 8 '14 at 7:02
Batting Index:
The batting index is the Strike Rate multiplied by the Average Runs then that is divided by 50
BI = ((SR*AVG)/50)
E.g. The batting index of a player with SR of 123.4 and an average of 45.33 runs:
(123.4*45.33)/50 = 112 (rounded)
As for Bowlers Index, I'm not sure that exists. Or at least I haven't seen it.
Batting index, at least in the matches telecasted by skysports (the recent t20 between England and India) is a simple addition of a batsman's average and strike rate.
So if a batsman has an average of 23 and a strike rate of 120 , his batting index will be 143.
In the link above there is aline explaining what I said.