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| Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians | |
|---|---|
| Name | Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians |
| Formation | 1973 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Leader title | Chair |
Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians is a scholarly society devoted to the study of cricket history, records and statistics, founded in the early 1970s with roots in Wisden, Marylebone Cricket Club, Lord's and the broader cricketing communities of England and Australia. It brings together researchers, archivists and authors associated with institutions such as BBC Sport, ESPNcricinfo, The Times, Daily Telegraph and specialist publishers like Playfair Cricket Annual to advance historical accuracy and statistical methodology for player records from eras including Gentlemen v Players, County Championship, Sheffield Shield and Plunket Shield competitions.
The organisation emerged from exchanges among historians linked to Wisden, statisticians active at Marylebone Cricket Club, collectors from MCC Library and researchers publishing in journals such as The Cricketer and Cricket Monthly. Early figures included correspondents who had worked with publications like Playfair Cricket Annual, Barclays World of Cricket, and statisticians formerly associated with County Championship clubs including Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Surrey County Cricket Club, Middlesex County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club. Over ensuing decades the association engaged with archivists from institutions like British Library, curators from International Cricket Council archives and historians who had written on tours such as Ashes series and expeditions to India, West Indies, South Africa and New Zealand.
The association aims to standardise cricket statistics used by outlets including ESPNcricinfo, BBC Sport, The Guardian and Sky Sports and to support biographical research into players from eras involving figures such as W. G. Grace, Don Bradman, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton and Viv Richards. Activities include compiling scorecards from historic fixtures like Gentlemen v Players, validating performances in competitions such as Ranji Trophy, County Championship and Bradman Shield, and advising museums such as Marylebone Cricket Club Museum and galleries like Lord's Museum about provenance for artefacts associated with Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne.
Membership comprises researchers, statisticians and historians who publish with houses like Penguin Books, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press and contribute to databases used by ICC, ESPNcricinfo, CricketArchive and national bodies including Cricket Australia, England and Wales Cricket Board, New Zealand Cricket and Cricket South Africa. The governance model echoes committees found at Marylebone Cricket Club, with officers liaising with institutions like Lord's and coordinating projects involving archives at British Library, university libraries such as Bodleian Library and collections tied to figures like Don Bradman and WG Grace.
The association produces journals and monographs used by researchers at Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge and contributors to reference works like Wisden; these include compilations of scorecards, player biographies and statistical revisions that affect records attributed to players such as Don Bradman, Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond, Geoffrey Boycott, Kumar Sangakkara and Jacques Kallis. Its research has influenced databases like ESPNcricinfo and CricketArchive through reassessments of matches from tours to India, Australia, West Indies and fixtures involving teams such as MCC, Australia national cricket team, England cricket team, India national cricket team and West Indies cricket team. Contributors publish in journals and anthologies alongside authors associated with The Cricketer and publishers including Macmillan Publishers, producing census-style works on players from counties such as Surrey, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Sussex and Essex.
The association organises meetings and conferences that draw speakers from institutions such as Marylebone Cricket Club, ICC, Cricket Australia and media outlets like BBC Sport and ESPNcricinfo, and it has presented awards and recognitions in the spirit of prizes named after figures like W. G. Grace, Sir Donald Bradman and Viv Richards. Conferences have been held in venues associated with Lord's, county grounds such as Old Trafford, The Oval, Edgbaston and academic settings in cities including Oxford, Cambridge, Melbourne and Auckland, attracting delegates who work on archival projects tied to tours and competitions such as the Ashes series and County Championship.
Through collaboration with statisticians and institutions like ESPNcricinfo, CricketArchive, Wisden, ICC and national boards including England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia, the association has driven re-evaluation of historical scorecards and player records affecting how achievements by Don Bradman, Jack Hobbs, Wilfred Rhodes, Herbert Sutcliffe, Len Hutton, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan are catalogued. Its standards for match classification, scorekeeping and biographical verification inform the way databases, almanacs and broadcasters including BBC Sport, Sky Sports and The Times present statistics for competitions such as the County Championship, Sheffield Shield, Ranji Trophy and international series like the Ashes series and ICC Cricket World Cup.
Category:Cricket history Category:Sports organisations established in 1973