Visualization of Similar Bowlers

Visualization of Similar Players Based on their Strength and Weakness Rules

7.2 Experiments

7.2.2 Visualization of Similar Bowlers

In this section, we first present the visualization of similar bowlers based on their strength rule.

We then present the visualization of similar bowlers based on their weakness rules.

Visualization of Similar Bowlers Based on their Strength Rule

The t-SNE plot of 129 bowlers from 12 countries who have bowled more than 2000 deliveries is presented in Figure 7.5. Each point in the plot is the strength vector of a bowler. Each of these

cheteshwar pujara - moveAway daniel flynn - swing

daniel vettori - leg

darren bravo - swing

david warner - swing dean elgar- swing

dimuth karunaratne - swing dwayne bravo - swing

ed cowan - swing

faf du plessis- moveAway gary ballance - swing gautam gambhir - swing hamilton masakadza - swing

ian bell - swing

jacques kallis - leg james anderson - moveAway

jeanpaul duminy - swing jermaine blackwood - moveAway

jesse ryder - moveAway

joe root - moveAway

jonathan trott - moveIn jonny bairstow - moveAway junaid siddique - swing kamran akmal - swing

kaushal silva - swing

kevin pietersen - moveIn kumar sangakkara - swing

kusal mendis - moveIn lahiru thirimanne - swing lokesh rahul - swing

mahela jayawardene - leg marcus north - leg mark boucher - swing marlon samuels - swing

michael clarke - swing

michael hussey - leg michael vaughan - moveAway

misbahulhaq - moveAway

mitchell marsh - swing moeen ali - swing

mominul haque - swing ms dhoni - moveAway

murali vijay - leg mushfiqur rahim - swing

nick compton - swing paul collingwood - leg

peter siddle - moveAwayprasanna jayawardene - swing quinton de kock - leg rahul dravid - leg ramnaresh sarwan - leg rangana herath - swing ravichandran ashwin -swing

ricky ponting - leg rohit sharma - swing

sachin tendulkar - leg salman butt - swing

shaun marsh - swing shoaib malik - swing

sourav ganguly - leg

steven smith - swing tillakaratne dilshan - swing

tim mcintosh - moveAway tom latham - swing usman khawaja - moveAway vernon philander - swing

virat kohli - leg virender sehwag - moveAway

vvs laxman - leg wasim jaffer - moveAway wriddhiman saha - swing younis khan - swing Figure7.4:VisualizationofSimilarBatsmenBasedontheirWeaknessRule.

abdur rehman - fastadil rashid - moveIn

ajantha mendis - leg andre nel - swing andrew flintoff - swing angelo mathews -swing ben hilfenhaus - leg

ben stokes - moveAway bhuvneshwar kumar - leg

brett lee - swing chaminda vaas - moveAway

chanaka welegedara - swing

chris martin - swing

corey collymore- moveAway dale steyn - swing

danielvettori-leg dilhara fernando - swing

dilruwan perera - moveAway doug bollinger - swing

harbhajan singh - leg iain obrien - moveAway

imran tahir - swing ishant sharma - swing

jacques kallis - swing jamesanderson-moveAway

jeanpaul duminy - leg

jerome taylor - swing

josh hazlewood - leg

kagiso rabada - swing kyle abbott - moveAway

lasith malinga - swing mahmudullah - leg

makhaya ntini - swing marlon samuels - fast

mashrafe mortaza - swing matt henry - moveAway

mehidy hasan - fast mitchell marsh - moveAwaymitchell starc - swing moeen ali - moveAway

mohammad sami - swing monty panesar - moveAway

morne morkel - swing muttiahmuralitharan - moveIn

nathan hauritz - moveAwaynathan lyon - moveIn

neil wagner - swing nuwan pradeep - leg

rahat ali - leg rangana herath - moveAway

ravindra jadeja - moveAway roston chase - swing

rp singh - swing

rubel hossain - moveAway

ryan harris - moveAway ryan sidebottom - leg

saeed ajmal - swing

shakib al hasan - moveAway shannon gabriel - swing

steve okeefe - swing tillakaratne dilshan - swing

tim bresnan - swing trent boult - swing umesh yadav - moveAway vernon philander - moveAway

wahab riaz - swing zaheer khan - swing

zulfiqar babar - leg Figure7.5:VisualizationofSimilarBowlersBasedontheirStrengthRule.

Bowler Pair Exhibited Strength Team #balls_bowled Josh Hazlewood Leg line deliveries Australia 9585 Rahat Ali Leg line deliveries Pakistan 4260 Umesh Yadav Move-away deliveries India 6682 Ben Stokes Move-away deliveries England 7383 Table 7.3: Similar Bowler Pairs Based on their Strength Rule.

Bowler Pair Exhibited Weakness Team #balls_bowled

Brett Lee Leg line deliveries Australia 5652

Vernon Philander Leg line deliveries South Africa 10521 Daren Powell Short length deliveries West Indies 3910 Dwane Bravo Short length deliveries West Indies 4784 Matthew Hoggard Short length deliveries England 3449 Table 7.4: Similar Bowler Pairs Based on their Weakness Rule.

points is presented in the form of hbowler name - bowling featurei, i.e., the bowler has exhibited strength on the deliveries which have the mentioned bowling feature. Intriguing bowler clusters are readily apparent, with a group of bowlers exhibiting strength on moving-away deliveries in the right and another group on swing deliveries in the middle. Identifying the close pairs of bowlers with similar strength rules is of interest. We present a few of the obtained close pair (similar) bowlers in Table 7.3. This table presents the pair of bowlers, the delivery (bowling feature) on which the bowlers have exhibited strength, their team, and the number of delivery bowled in their career.

Visualization of Similar Bowlers Based on their Weakness Rule

The t-SNE plot of 129 bowlers from 12 countries who have bowled more than 2000 deliveries is presented in Figure 7.6. Each point in the plot is a weakness vector of a bowler. Each of these points is presented in the form of hbowler name - bowling featurei, i.e., the bowler has exhibited weakness on the deliveries which have the mentioned bowling feature. Intriguing bowler clusters are readily apparent, with a group of bowlers exhibiting weakness on swing deliveries in the upper left corner and another group on leg-line deliveries in the lower middle. Identifying the close pairs of bowlers with similar weakness rules is of interest. We present a few of the obtained close pair (similar) bowlers in Table 7.4. This table presents the pair of bowlers, the delivery (bowling feature) on which the bowlers have exhibited weakness, their team, and the number of delivery bowled in their career.

abdur rehman - swing adil rashid - swing

andre nel - leg ben stokes - leg brett lee - leg

chaminda vaas - short corey collymore - leg dale steyn - slow

daren powell - short doug bracewell - slow

dwayne bravo - short graeme cremer - short graeme swann - short imran tahir - swing

ish sodhi - short james anderson - leg jeetan patel - short

jerome taylor - leg

junaid khan - slow

kagiso rabada - slow

kane williamson - swing kemar roach - middle liam plunkett - slow

mark wood - swing mehidy hasan - short

mitchell marsh - slow mitchell santner - short

mitchell starc - leg

mohammad hafeez - short mohammed shami - slow

monty panesar - swing munaf patel - short

nathan hauritz - swing nathan lyon - swing neil wagner - spin nuwan kulasekara - slow

nuwan pradeep - slow peter siddle - leg rahat ali - slow ravindra jadeja - swing rp singh - leg

saeed ajmal - short

shane shillingford - swing shane watson - full shannon gabriel - spin

sohag gazi - swing sreesanth - short steve harmison - swing steve okeefe - short

steven finn - leg stuart broad - leg stuart clark - leg

sulieman benn - swing suraj randiv - short taijul islam - fast tim southee - leg

trent boult - slow vernon philander - leg zaheer khan - leg Figure7.6:VisualizationofSimilarBowlersBasedontheirWeaknessRule.