Strategy

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NA McSweeney, Men's Test

New ball (1-20): strike rate of 28.3, 5.7 below their strike rate of 34.0 on all balls faced (-17%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 25% of comparable players (their median change: -2%) — 159 balls faced.
Sample: 159 balls · low confidence

No batting strength clears the thresholds in this format.

Bowling type
Bowling type	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Right-arm fast-medium	140	57	1	57.00	40.71	82.9%	7.1%
Right-arm fast	66	15	4	3.75	22.73	83.3%	1.5%

Phase
Phase	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
New ball (1-20)	159	45	4	11.25	28.30	83.6%	3.8%