SIMON SWEETMAN

Confusion: Jack Hobbs’ first-class statistics are unclear

The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events
This is the least of the ECB’s worries, I know, but there is muttering and grumbling among the statisticians. Life used to be simple. There were Test stats, there were First-class stats, and possibly a miscellaneous category.
But now?
Various decisions (taken without regard for the tender feelings of statisticians) have made statistical life confusing. It may make little sense that some university games rank as first-class and some others, feat...