Optimal batting orders in cricket

J M Norman () and S R Clarke
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J M Norman: The Management School, University of Sheffield
S R Clarke: Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2010, vol. 61, issue 6, 980-986

Abstract: Abstract Cricket teams are usually listed on the scoreboard in expected batting order, and although captains can choose to send in any of the remaining batsmen when a wicket falls, they rarely depart from the usual batting order. By optimizing a simplified model using dynamic programming, this paper shows that in all forms of cricket significant increases in expected score result if captains allow a variable batting order and base their decision on the state of the game, rather than using a set batting order.

Keywords: dynamic programming; sports; cricket; batting order (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/jors.2009.54

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