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Incricket, abowling analysis (sometimes shortened to justanalysis, especially in the phraseinnings analysis, and also referred to asbowling figures) usually refers to a notation summarising abowler's performance.
Often their performance is expressed in terms ofovers bowled, how many of those overs aremaidens (i.e. with no runs conceded), totalruns conceded, and number ofwickets taken.[1] Bowling analyses are generally given for eachinnings in cricket scoreboards printed inWisden Cricketers' Almanack, newspapers and so on, but they are also sometimes quoted for other periods of time, such as a single spell of bowling. Typically, the analysis is given in the following format: Overs – Maidens – Runs conceded – Wickets, such as 15.2–6–29–3.
In some cases, overs and maidens are omitted from bowling figures, and are recorded showing 'Wickets/Runs'; for example, 7/15 byGlenn McGrath againstNamibia shows he took 7 wickets for 15 runs.[2]
Sometimes, inlimited overs cricket, the 'maidens' figure is replaced by the number ofdot balls bowled.
InTest cricket, the best bowling analysis for a single innings is 10/53 byJim Laker.[3] The best bowling analysis in anODI is 8/19 byChaminda Vaas.[4] The best bowling analysis in aTwenty20 International is 6/7 byDeepak Chahar.[5] Infirst-class cricket, the best bowling analysis for a single innings is 10/10 byHedley Verity.[6]
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