Title: A Statistical Model for Ideal Team Selection for A National Cricket Squad,
Abstract: Cricket is a game played between two teams which consists of eleven players
each. Nowadays cricket game is becoming more and more popular in Bangladesh and
other South Asian Countries. Before a match people are very enthusiastic about
team squads and "Which players are playing today?", "How well will MR. X
perform today?" are the million dollar questions before a big match. This
article will propose a method using statistical data analysis for recommending
a national team squad. Recent match scorecards for domestic and international
matches played by a specific team in recent years are used to recommend the
ideal squad. Impact point or rating points of all players in different
conditions are calculated and the best ones from different categories are
chosen to form optimal line-ups. To evaluate the efficiency of impact point
system, it will be tested with real time match data to see how much accuracy it
gives.