Plans built only from the evidence.

Bowling to them: where to attack

No batting weakness clears the thresholds in this format.

Bowling to them: what to avoid

• Pace: average of 64.5, 35.1 above their average of 29.4 on all balls faced (+119%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 1% of comparable players (their median change: -4%) — 195 balls faced.

  Sample: 195 balls · low confidence

• New Zealand: average of 42.7, 13.3 above their average of 29.4 on all balls faced (+45%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 16% of comparable players (their median change: -4%) — 181 balls faced.

  Sample: 181 balls · low confidence

• United Arab Emirates: average of 42.7, 13.3 above their average of 29.4 on all balls faced (+45%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 25% of comparable players (their median change: +0%) — 181 balls faced.

  Sample: 181 balls · low confidence

• Away from home: average of 32.0, 2.6 above their average of 29.4 on all balls faced (+9%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 26% of comparable players (their median change: -2%) — 186 balls faced.

  Sample: 186 balls · low confidence