bowl_sr: Bowler Strike Rate

In howzatR: Useful Functions for Cricket Analysis

Bowler Strike Rate

Description

Calculates bowlers' number of balls per wicket taken across overs bowled.

Usage

bowl_sr(balls_bowled, wickets_taken)

Arguments

balls_bowled	number of balls bowled. Data in terms of six ball overs. please convert to overs_to_balls to get it terms of balls bowled
wickets_taken	total wickets taken across the overs bowled.

Value

Number of balls per wicket taken across overs bowled.

Additional Information

A bowling strike rate is defined as the number of legal balls per wicket taken. For example a value of 20 indicates 20 balls bowled are scored per wicket. This the reverse of bat_sr where the lower the number the better. More info here.

Examples

bowl_sr(balls_bowled = 3830, wickets_taken = 112)
bowl_sr(balls_bowled = overs_to_balls(overs = 1651.2), wickets_taken = 243)

howzatR documentation built on Sept. 9, 2022, 5:08 p.m.