Comments on: Leadership lessons from the world of cricket captains (or, my part in Kevin Pietersen’s rise and fall) http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2009/01/15/leadership-lessons-from-the-world-of-cricket-captains-or-my-part-in-kevin-pietersens-rise-and-fall/ Blogging about Tomorrow's world Today Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Graeme Codrington http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2009/01/15/leadership-lessons-from-the-world-of-cricket-captains-or-my-part-in-kevin-pietersens-rise-and-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-717116 Graeme Codrington Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:47:20 +0000 http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2009/01/15/leadership-lessons-from-the-world-of-cricket-captains-or-my-part-in-kevin-pietersens-rise-and-fall/#comment-717116 I really wish I could use the main section of this blog site to rant about cricket and Kevin Pietersen, but unfortunately I can't find a business application for it. I am just a passionate cricket supporter, and need a place to record this information for myself - so well done for finding this comment if you do... In March 2010, I still stand by my prediction that Kevin Pietersen will not be playing Test cricket by the end of 2011. But, maybe it won't be because he chooses not to. Maybe he will just show that his talent wasn't as precocious as originally thought. Consider this (stats correct BEFORE the recent Bangladesh series): In his first 18 tests, KP hit 32 sixes. He has hit only 17 maximums in his last 40 tests. In his early career, he scored his test runs at 72 runs per 100 balls. In the last 40 tests, he has scored at a rate of 58 runs per 100 balls (not quite Geffrey Boycott slow, but certainly not worthy of a reputation as a big hitter). His average is unchanged (48) since his early career. But it isn't just tests. KP scored 34 sixes in his first 32 ODIs. But he has hit only 24 sixes in his last 64 one day games. His early career strike rate was 98. In his last 64 games, he has a strike rate of 81. Someone will notice this soon. Maybe the South African selectors were right all along. KP is not someone you want in your cricket team. Strong point, maybe. But he wouldn't be in mine! Thanks to Andy Zaltsman's World Cricket Podcast for these stats. Zaltstats, in fact. <a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/talk/content/multimedia/feature.html?genre=32" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Listen to Andy here</a>. I really wish I could use the main section of this blog site to rant about cricket and Kevin Pietersen, but unfortunately I can’t find a business application for it. I am just a passionate cricket supporter, and need a place to record this information for myself – so well done for finding this comment if you do…

In March 2010, I still stand by my prediction that Kevin Pietersen will not be playing Test cricket by the end of 2011. But, maybe it won’t be because he chooses not to. Maybe he will just show that his talent wasn’t as precocious as originally thought.

Consider this (stats correct BEFORE the recent Bangladesh series):

In his first 18 tests, KP hit 32 sixes. He has hit only 17 maximums in his last 40 tests. In his early career, he scored his test runs at 72 runs per 100 balls. In the last 40 tests, he has scored at a rate of 58 runs per 100 balls (not quite Geffrey Boycott slow, but certainly not worthy of a reputation as a big hitter). His average is unchanged (48) since his early career.

But it isn’t just tests. KP scored 34 sixes in his first 32 ODIs. But he has hit only 24 sixes in his last 64 one day games. His early career strike rate was 98. In his last 64 games, he has a strike rate of 81.

Someone will notice this soon. Maybe the South African selectors were right all along. KP is not someone you want in your cricket team. Strong point, maybe. But he wouldn’t be in mine!

Thanks to Andy Zaltsman’s World Cricket Podcast for these stats. Zaltstats, in fact. Listen to Andy here.

]]> By: Graeme Codrington http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2009/01/15/leadership-lessons-from-the-world-of-cricket-captains-or-my-part-in-kevin-pietersens-rise-and-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-705827 Graeme Codrington Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:56:32 +0000 http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2009/01/15/leadership-lessons-from-the-world-of-cricket-captains-or-my-part-in-kevin-pietersens-rise-and-fall/#comment-705827 If you're a cricket buff and enjoy the stats, check out this excellent article (and all the comments), which aims to try and see who was the greatest captain of all time. <a href="http://blogs.cricinfo.com/itfigures/archives/2009/01/test_captains_an_indepth_look.php" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.cricinfo.com/itfigures/archives/2009/01/test_captains_an_indepth_look.php</a> If you’re a cricket buff and enjoy the stats, check out this excellent article (and all the comments), which aims to try and see who was the greatest captain of all time.

http://blogs.cricinfo.com/itfigures/archives/2009/01/test_captains_an_indepth_look.php

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