Pointless Investigations 5
Do batters score more on their birthday?
Test batters average 37.31 in Tests that run over their birthday and 37.32 the rest of the year. Travis Head has spent his birthdays at the MCG.
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Do teams play worse after flying east?
Baseball research says eastward jet lag costs teams games. Test sides that flew east have won 34.2% of their decided away Tests, and England haven't won an Ashes opener in Australia since 1986.
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Does your surname decide how often you make a duck?
Split every Test top-order batter since 2001 by the first letter of their surname and the alphabet turns out to be a batting order.
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Does a moustache make a better Test batter?
David Boon averaged 43.65 behind the most famous moustache in Test cricket. Forty-nine of today's top-order batters, sorted by their facial hair.
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Is 111 unlucky?
David Shepherd hopped on one leg whenever the score reached 111. Batters on 111 in Tests are out less often than on most of the scores around it.