getPlayerData: Get the player data from ESPN Cricinfo based on specific...
In tvganesh/pkg: The cricketr package can be used to analyze crickers based on ESPN Cricinfo Statsguru

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Note Author(s) References See Also Examples

Get the player data given the profile of the batsman. The allowed inputs are home,away or both and won,lost or draw of matches. The data is stored in a <player>.csv file in a directory specified. This function also returns a data frame of the player

1	getPlayerData(profile,dir="./data",file="player001.csv",type="batting",homeOrAway=c(1,2),result=c(1,2,4))

`profile`	This is the profile number of the player to get data. This can be obtained from http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/index.html. Type the name of the player and click search. This will display the details of the player. Make a note of the profile ID. For e.g For Sachin Tendulkar this turns out to be http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35320.html. Hence the profile for Sachin is 35320
`dir`	Name of the directory to store the player data into. If not specified the data is stored in a default directory "./data". Default="./data"
`file`	Name of the file to store the data into for e.g. tendulkar.csv. This can be used for subsequent functions. Default="player001.csv"
`type`	type of data required. This can be "batting" or "bowling"
`homeOrAway`	This is vector with either 1,2 or both. 1 is for home 2 is for away
`result`	This is a vector that can take values 1,2,4. 1 - won match 2- lost match 4- draw

More details can be found in my short video tutorial in Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9uMPFVsXsI

Returns the player's dataframe

Maintainer: Tinniam V Ganesh <tvganesh.85@gmail.com>

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getPlayerDataSp

# Both home and away. Result = won,lost and drawn
tendulkar <-getPlayerData(35320,dir="../", file="tendulkar.csv",
type="batting", homeOrAway=c(1,2),result=c(1,2,4))

# Only away. Get data only for won and lost innings
tendulkar <-getPlayerData(35320,dir="../", file="tendulkar.csv",
type="batting",homeOrAway=c(2),result=c(1,2))

# Get bowling data and store in file for future
kumble <- getPlayerData(30176,dir="../",file="kumble.csv",
type="bowling",homeOrAway=c(1),result=c(1,2))