Stats: Performance of teams in neutral venues in cricket

The Dubai Cricket International Stadium has been a prolific host as a neutral venue

Adjusting to neutral venues

Australia has been brilliant in neutral venues

The toss is an important factor in cricket, and even more crucial in neutral venues. Conditions are assessed, the pitch is examined and the dew factor is also taken into consideration before taking a decision to either bat or send the opposition in.

Losing a toss isn’t a start desired for, but some teams don’t get bogged down and don’t let the toss, turn the match on its head.

The following table tells us how teams fare after losing the toss. It shows the difference between the frequency of wins to the frequency of tosses which are won. If the difference is positive, then it’s healthy for a team as they win more matches than tosses.

Tests

Teams MatchesToss (Won)WonLossWin%Toss(Win %)Difference (Win%-Toss-Win%)
Australia1056360.0050.00+10.00
England61-50.0016.67-16.67
New Zealand311133.3333.33+0.00
Pakistan321917853.1259.37-6.25
South Africa741314.2857.14-42.86
Sri Lanka751314.2871.43-57.15
West Indies511420.0020.00+0.00

One Day Internationals

Teams MatchesToss (Won)WonLossWin%Toss(Win %)Difference (Win%-Toss-Win%)
Australia14274934065.4952.11+13.38
Bangladesh491963912.2438.77-26.53
England10853574852.7849.07+3.71
India27114713411649.4554.24-4.79
New Zealand17480748842.5345.98-3.45
Pakistan36217018816351.9346.96+4.97
South Africa13461784758.2145.52+12.69
Sri Lanka25314410214240.3156.92-16.61
West Indies216971109150.9242.13+8.79
Zimbabwe10647198217.9244.34-26.42

T20s

TeamsMatchesToss (Won)WonLossWin%Toss(Win %)Difference (Win%-Toss-Win%)
Australia3217151646.8753.12-6.25
Bangladesh1351127.6938.46-30.77
England2817161157.1460.71-3.57
India241514858.3362.50-4.17
New Zealand3118111935.4858.06-22.58
Pakistan6231332653.2250.00+3.22
South Africa239121152.1739.13+13.04
Sri Lanka3113151548.3941.93+6.46
West Indies2513131052.0052.00+0.00
Zimbabwe7-1614.280.00+14.28

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