19-695: (Redirected from Hunking ) Hunkin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chris Hunkin (born 1980), English cricketer Joseph Hunkin (Governor of Scilly) (1610–1661), Governor of Scilly during the English Civil War Joseph Hunkin (Bishop of Truro) (1887–1950), eighth Anglican Bishop of Truro Lauren Hunkin (born 1979), Canadian show jumper Tim Hunkin , English engineer, cartoonist, writer, and artist See also [ edit ] The surname Hunkins [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
38-425: A k e n {\displaystyle \mathrm {Bowling~average} ={\frac {\mathrm {Runs~conceded} }{\mathrm {Wickets~taken} }}} A number of flaws have been identified for the statistic, most notable among these the fact that a bowler who has taken no wickets cannot have a bowling average, as dividing by zero does not give a result. The effect of this is that the bowling average cannot distinguish between
57-630: A bowler has bowled a total of 80 balls, conceded 60 runs and has taken only 2 wickets so that.. [their average is] 30. If the bowler takes a wicket with the next ball bowled (no runs obviously conceded), then [their average is] 20. Due to this, when establishing records for bowling averages, qualification criteria are generally set. For Test cricket , the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack sets this as 75 wickets, while ESPNcricinfo requires 2,000 deliveries . Similar restrictions are set for one-day cricket . A number of factors other than purely
76-463: A bowler who has taken no wickets and conceded one run, and a bowler who has taken no wickets and conceded one hundred runs. The bowling average also does not tend to give a true reflection of the bowler's ability when the number of wickets they have taken is small, especially in comparison to the number of runs they have conceded. In his paper proposing an alternative method of judging batsmen and bowlers, Paul van Staden gives an example of this: Suppose
95-515: Is considered the best. If no qualification criteria were applied at all, three players— Wilf Barber , A. N. Hornby and Bruce Murray —would tie for the best average, all having claimed just one wicket in Test matches, without conceding any runs, thus averaging zero. ESPNcricinfo list Betty Wilson as having the best Women's Test cricket average with 11.80, while CricketArchive accept Mary Spear 's average of 5.78. In One Day Internationals ,
114-646: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Chris Hunkin Christopher Andrew Hunkin (born 14 December 1980) is an English cricketer . Hunkin is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace . He was born at St Austell , Cornwall . Hunkin made his debut in List A cricket for the Somerset Cricket Board against Staffordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy . He played one further List A match for
133-659: The Howa Bowl , a competition played in South African during the apartheid-era, restricted to non-white players, during which time, according to Vincent Barnes : "Most of the wickets we played on were underprepared. For me, as a bowler, it was great." Other factors which provided an advantage to bowlers in that era was the lack of significant safety equipment ; batting gloves and helmets were not worn, and batsmen had to be warier. Other variations are caused by frequent matches against stronger or weaker opposition, changes in
152-522: The bowler is performing. It is one of a number of statistics used to compare bowlers, commonly used alongside the economy rate and the strike rate to judge the overall performance of a bowler. When a bowler has taken only a small number of wickets, their bowling average can be artificially high or low, and unstable, with further wickets taken or runs conceded resulting in large changes to their bowling average. Due to this, qualification restrictions are generally applied when determining which players have
171-478: The laws of cricket and the length of matches. Due to the varying qualifying restrictions placed on the records by different statisticians, the record for the lowest career bowling average can be different from publication to publication. In Test cricket , George Lohmann is listed as having the superior average by each of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack , ESPNcricinfo and CricketArchive. Though all three use different restrictions, Lohmann's average of 10.75
190-409: The surname Hunkin . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hunkin&oldid=1210552519 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
209-599: The Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Wales Minor Counties . Hunkin made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall in 2002 against Berkshire . From 2002 to present, he has represented the county in 51 Minor Counties Championship matches. Hunkin has also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy . His debut for the county in that competition came against Wiltshire in 2002. From 2002 to present, he has represented
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#1732791475733228-601: The CricketArchive list with an average of 9.52, but by ESPNcricinfo's stricter guidelines, the record is instead held by Gill Smith 's 12.53. The record is again split for the two websites for Twenty20 International cricket. In this situation ESPNcricinfo has the boundary of 500 balls to have been bowled, through which Alpesh Ramjani holds the record with an average of 9.29. But the 200 deliveries required by CricketArchive results in Andre Botha being listed as
247-416: The ability level of the bowler have an effect on a player's bowling average. Most significant among these are the different eras in which cricket has been played. The bowling average tables in Test and first-class cricket are headed by players who competed in the nineteenth century, a period when pitches were uncovered and some were so badly looked after that they had rocks on them. The bowlers competing in
266-451: The best bowling averages. After applying these criteria, George Lohmann holds the record for the lowest average in Test cricket , having claimed 112 wickets at an average of 10.75 runs per wicket. A cricketer's bowling average is calculated by dividing the numbers of runs they have conceded by the number of wickets they have taken. The number of runs conceded by a bowler is determined as
285-525: The county in 26 Trophy matches. Hunkin has also represented Cornwall in List A matches. The first of these came against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which
304-505: The superior, averaging 8.76. Domestically, the records for first-class cricket are dominated by players from the nineteenth century, who make up sixteen of the top twenty by ESPNcricinfo's criteria of 5,000 deliveries. William Lillywhite , who was active from 1825 to 1853 has the lowest average, claiming his 1,576 wickets at an average of just 1.54. The leading players from the twentieth century are Stephen Draai and Vincent Barnes with averages of just under twelve, both of whom claimed
323-528: The total number of runs that the opposing side have scored while the bowler was bowling, excluding any byes , leg byes , or penalty runs . The bowler receives credit for any wickets taken during their bowling that are either bowled , caught , hit wicket , leg before wicket or stumped . B o w l i n g a v e r a g e = R u n s c o n c e d e d W i c k e t s t
342-482: The varying criteria set by ESPNcricinfo and CricketArchive result in same player being listed as holding the record. ESPNcricinfo has the stricter restriction, requiring 1,000 deliveries, where Sandeep Lamichhane is the record-holder, having claimed his wickets at an average of 18.59. CricketArchive has more relaxed requirement of 400 deliveries, where Ali Khan holds the record with an average of 16.42. In women's One Day International cricket , Caroline Barrs tops
361-407: Was held in 2003. In his career total of 6 List A matches, he scored 68 runs at a batting average of 17.00, with a high score of 30. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 43.00, with best figures of 2/24. Bowling average In cricket , a player's bowling average is the number of runs they have conceded per wicket taken. The lower the bowling average is, the better
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