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Originally Posted by Nafi
I dont agree that Not outs increasing stats, playing through an innings is very important even in one day
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i agree...the average is a meaningful stat because it gives the number of runs a player will score before being dismissed. hence a tail order batsman with many not outs and say an average of 25, can still say that he is a decent batsman because he will, on average score 25 runs per dismissal. it might take 5 innings, it might take 10, but he'll score 25 before getting out.
however, most people, myself included, thing of average score per innings when we hear "batting average". hence, i have decided to drop not outs as a "stat booster".
IMO, the actual arithmetic mean of runs scored per innings played, is a more important indicator of what you will actually get. tail enders of course get shafted, which is why we have the present definition of batting average.