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Neutral umpires and leg before wicket decisions in test cricket
Author(s) -
Ringrose Trevor J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-985X
pISSN - 0964-1998
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-985x.2006.00433.x
Subject(s) - cricket , test (biology) , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , biology , ecology
Summary. The proportions of dismissals which were leg before wicket in test cricket matches during 1978–2004 are analysed by using generalized linear and mixed models to assess the effect of location, team and the presence or otherwise of neutral umpires. The location and the team batting are clearly significant. There is also clear evidence of an interaction showing that some teams’ players are out leg before wicket less often at home but there is no further interaction with neutral umpires, suggesting that this is not caused simply by home umpires favouring the home team.