Adjusting to 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 | Matches | Toss (Won) | Won | Loss | Win% | Toss(Win %) | Difference (Win%-Toss-Win%) |
Australia | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 60.00 | 50.00 | +10.00 |
England | 6 | 1 | - | 5 | 0.00 | 16.67 | -16.67 |
New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 | 33.33 | +0.00 |
Pakistan | 32 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 53.12 | 59.37 | -6.25 |
South Africa | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14.28 | 57.14 | -42.86 |
Sri Lanka | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14.28 | 71.43 | -57.15 |
West Indies | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20.00 | 20.00 | +0.00 |
One Day Internationals
Teams | Matches | Toss (Won) | Won | Loss | Win% | Toss(Win %) | Difference (Win%-Toss-Win%) |
Australia | 142 | 74 | 93 | 40 | 65.49 | 52.11 | +13.38 |
Bangladesh | 49 | 19 | 6 | 39 | 12.24 | 38.77 | -26.53 |
England | 108 | 53 | 57 | 48 | 52.78 | 49.07 | +3.71 |
India | 271 | 147 | 134 | 116 | 49.45 | 54.24 | -4.79 |
New Zealand | 174 | 80 | 74 | 88 | 42.53 | 45.98 | -3.45 |
Pakistan | 362 | 170 | 188 | 163 | 51.93 | 46.96 | +4.97 |
South Africa | 134 | 61 | 78 | 47 | 58.21 | 45.52 | +12.69 |
Sri Lanka | 253 | 144 | 102 | 142 | 40.31 | 56.92 | -16.61 |
West Indies | 216 | 97 | 110 | 91 | 50.92 | 42.13 | +8.79 |
Zimbabwe | 106 | 47 | 19 | 82 | 17.92 | 44.34 | -26.42 |
T20s
Teams | Matches | Toss (Won) | Won | Loss | Win% | Toss(Win %) | Difference (Win%-Toss-Win%) |
Australia | 32 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 46.87 | 53.12 | -6.25 |
Bangladesh | 13 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7.69 | 38.46 | -30.77 |
England | 28 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 57.14 | 60.71 | -3.57 |
India | 24 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 58.33 | 62.50 | -4.17 |
New Zealand | 31 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 35.48 | 58.06 | -22.58 |
Pakistan | 62 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 53.22 | 50.00 | +3.22 |
South Africa | 23 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 52.17 | 39.13 | +13.04 |
Sri Lanka | 31 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 48.39 | 41.93 | +6.46 |
West Indies | 25 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 52.00 | 52.00 | +0.00 |
Zimbabwe | 7 | - | 1 | 6 | 14.28 | 0.00 | +14.28 |
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