cricinfo

Functions for Downloading Cricket Data from ESPNCricinfo

Data on all international cricket matches is provided by ESPNCricinfo. This package provides some scraper functions to download the data into tibbles ready for analysis.

Please respect the ESPNCricinfo terms of use.

Installation

You can install cricinfo from github with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("ropenscilabs/cricinfo")

Bowling Data

# Fetch all Women's T20 data
wt20 <- fetch_cricinfo("T20", "Women", "Bowling")
wt20 %>% head %>% knitr::kable()

Player	Country	Start	End	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy	StrikeRate	BestBowlingInnings	FourWickets	FiveWickets
A Mohammed	West Indies	2008	2017	92	89	314.3	6	1675	106	15.80189	5.325914	17.80189	5/10	4	2
EA Perry	Australia	2008	2016	82	78	265.5	4	1513	77	19.64935	5.691536	20.71429	4/12	2	0
D Hazell	England	2009	2016	70	70	266.0	6	1384	73	18.95890	5.203008	21.86301	4/12	1	0
SF Daley	West Indies	2009	2014	68	67	227.1	8	1113	72	15.45833	4.899486	18.93056	5/15	2	1
A Shrubsole	England	2008	2016	47	47	159.3	5	870	68	12.79412	5.454546	14.07353	5/11	2	1
SR Taylor	West Indies	2008	2017	80	60	206.1	4	1117	68	16.42647	5.417947	18.19118	3/10	0	0

wt20 %>% 
  filter(Wickets > 20) %>%
  ggplot(aes(y = StrikeRate, x = Country)) +
  geom_boxplot() +
  geom_point(alpha=0.3, col="blue") +
  ggtitle("Women T20: Strike Rates") +
  ylab("Balls per wicket")

Batting Data

# Fetch all Australian Men's ODI data by innings
menODI <- fetch_cricinfo("ODI", "Men", "Batting", type="innings", country="Australia")
menODI %>% head %>% knitr::kable()

Date	Player	Runs	NotOut	Minutes	BallsFaced	Fours	Sixes	StrikeRate	Innings	Participation	Opposition	Ground
2011-04-11	SR Watson	185	TRUE	113	96	15	15	192.7083	2	B	Bangladesh	Dhaka
2007-02-20	ML Hayden	181	TRUE	227	166	11	10	109.0361	1	B	New Zealand	Hamilton
2017-01-26	DA Warner	179	FALSE	186	128	19	5	139.8438	1	B	Pakistan	Adelaide
2015-03-04	DA Warner	178	FALSE	164	133	19	5	133.8346	1	B	Afghanistan	Perth
2001-02-09	ME Waugh	173	FALSE	199	148	16	3	116.8919	1	B	West Indies	Melbourne
2016-10-12	DA Warner	173	FALSE	218	136	24	0	127.2059	2	B	South Africa	Cape Town

menODI %>% 
  ggplot(aes(y = Runs, x = Date)) +
    geom_point(alpha=0.2, col='red') +
    geom_smooth() +
    ggtitle("Australia Men ODI: Runs per Innings")

Fielding Data

Indfielding <- fetch_cricinfo("Test", "Men", "Fielding", country="India")
Indfielding %>% head %>% knitr::kable()

Player	Start	End	Matches	Innings	Dismissals	Caught	CaughtFielder	CaughtBehind	Stumped	MaxDismissalsInnings
MS Dhoni	2005	2014	90	166	294	256	0	256	38	6
R Dravid	1996	2012	163	299	209	209	209	0	0	3
SMH Kirmani	1976	1986	88	151	198	160	0	160	38	6
VVS Laxman	1996	2012	134	248	135	135	135	0	0	4
KS More	1986	1993	49	90	130	110	0	110	20	5
SR Tendulkar	1989	2013	200	366	115	115	115	0	0	3

wktkeeper <- (Indfielding$CaughtBehind > 0) | (Indfielding$Stumped > 0)
ggplot(Indfielding, aes(x=Matches, y=Dismissals, col=wktkeeper)) +
  geom_point() +
  ggtitle("Indian Men Test Fielding")

Individual player data