Fantastic column as always, Dan. Loved the R Ash for captaincy call - could go poorly, but I'd be really interested to see what he'd do with LSG and their home field advantage.
Speaking of spin bowling of dubious quality, this comment caught my eye: "Spinners should be in high demand because there aren’t at least 10 high quality spinners to go around the 10 teams." This kind of cuts against conventional wisdom, wouldn't you say? If we could be sure we will get comparable pitches to IPL24, I'd be more inclined to agree though I might say "viable" as opposed to "high quality".
I do wonder if the stats telling the story that there is more quality pace to go around than spin is the result of game script - ~2x as many balls of pace were bowled in ipl24 as balls of spin. So with that in mind, you're going to count a lot more pace guys than spin guys on the good side of your quality thresholds. Some of that is due to roster talent, some of that is due to conditions, some of that is due to conventional game script... I think?
Fantastic column as always, Dan. Loved the R Ash for captaincy call - could go poorly, but I'd be really interested to see what he'd do with LSG and their home field advantage.
Speaking of spin bowling of dubious quality, this comment caught my eye: "Spinners should be in high demand because there aren’t at least 10 high quality spinners to go around the 10 teams." This kind of cuts against conventional wisdom, wouldn't you say? If we could be sure we will get comparable pitches to IPL24, I'd be more inclined to agree though I might say "viable" as opposed to "high quality".
I do wonder if the stats telling the story that there is more quality pace to go around than spin is the result of game script - ~2x as many balls of pace were bowled in ipl24 as balls of spin. So with that in mind, you're going to count a lot more pace guys than spin guys on the good side of your quality thresholds. Some of that is due to roster talent, some of that is due to conditions, some of that is due to conventional game script... I think?