Using game-level data, the authors estimate models of team success and test for the effect of
three specific factors on game outcomes in professional ice hockey. First, they estimate the …

Despite their proliferation, sporting production function studies remain almost entirely US-
based, concentrating largely (although not exclusively) on baseball. Mainly due to a dearth …

We examined the factors affecting the outcome of cricket matches played in the English one-
day county cricket league. In particular, we focused on the home-field effect and the …

We investigate how closely NBA teams play up to their potential. We find that shooting,
rebounding, stealing the ball and blocking shots raise the number of potential wins while …

This book, consisting of eight chapters, provides an insight into the key principles of
economic analysis, using examples from the sport and leisure industry in the UK. Chapter …

The paper attempts to understand batting strategies that are employed in limited overs
cricket games. The question of the optimum batting strategy is posed in a simplified dynamic …

The paper analyses the prediction of test cricket outcomes using an ordered response
model. The results, based on data over the period 1994 to 1999, suggest that the ordered …

Using 2008-2009 data, we identify winning input combinations for the game of cricket in two
different formats: 50-over one-day internationals and 20-over games from Twenty20 …

The tradition of tossing a coin to decide who bats first in a cricket match introduces a
randomly assigned advantage to one team that is unique in sporting contests. The potential …

A wicket keeper should not only perform well behind the wickets in terms of taking catches,
executing stumpings and limiting the number of byes, but should also perform well as a …