One of the most famous stories from the sort of cricket involves numbers, averages, and a duck. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Archive footage courtesy of AP Archive: www.youtube.com/c/aparchive * Batting average list shown was current in December 2017. It includes one still active player (Australian Steve Smith) whose average will change. It is a list that uses a threshold of 20 matches minimum. Different lists use different minimums for matches, innings, or runs scored to weed out freakish cases. ** Comparing athletes, especially across sports, is notoriously difficult and more of a conversation starter than exact science. An interesting article here: www.statslife.org.uk/sports/1989-did-don-bradman-s-cricketing-genius-make-him-a-statistical-outlier *** A lower "not out" score in Bradman's next innings would also have made a 100+ average possible, but that's a very unlikely scenario in the "first innings" of a match. I did not want the video getting bogged down by intricacies and unlikely scenarios. In case you are curious, here is the scorecard for the next match Australia played... www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=0318 Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): bit.ly/MSRINumberphile We are also supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science. NUMBERPHILE Website: www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: twitter.com/numberphile Subscribe: bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub Videos by Brady Haran Patreon: www.patreon.com/numberphile Brady's videos subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/ Brady's latest videos across all channels: www.bradyharanblog.com/ Sign up for (occasional) emails: eepurl.com/YdjL9

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