Talk:Economy rate

One thing I wish I could find evidence of was a different incarnation of economy rates we saw here in Australia. During much of the 1990s, maybe late 80s too, I distinctly recall the Australian Nine Network's coverage displayed economy rates (in the few cases it did, probably just in one-day cricket) as "runs per 100 balls", presumably to be directly comparable with batting strike rates. It could have been a hang-over from the fact that international cricket in Australia (including World Series Cricket) was still 8-ball overs until 1979 or so, and thus the idea of a "per-over" stat was still ambiguous for a few still in the game (nb: educated but total speculation)... eventually it was replaced with the modern stat based on a six-ball over (originally called simply "runs per over" on Nine to distance itself from the old stat). Of course the stat is the same as now, just the denominator was 100 rather than 6.

Unfortunately the only primary sources of the "per 100 ball" stat would be in the contemporary coverage itself - and the 15/30 minute highlights packages of the old World Series Cup matches of that era generally cut much of that out. -Spi' 09:55, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

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