New Aggression Rating System Explained

[Saadbukhari87]

What is the difference between boundary coaching and Aggression? and What's the difference between OD accumulator and defensive? Does defensive technique increase the player's overall consistency ? That is him avoid of being out early and cheaply.

[Sureshot]

Is it possible for a players aggression to change within the game with this now?

Yes, they can be trained to improve aggression which includes changing the aggression label.

The aggression label is much less fixed than it was in 2021.

[Cricketfan66]

Is it possible for a players aggression to change within the game with this now?

[Sureshot]

Hi all,

Before we get in to database feedback, we felt it was important to explain the big changes to the aggression rating system.

All aggression rates are now determined directly from data using a player’s strike rate. We no longer have aggression categories, so the aggression ratings you see are an indication to give a quick assessment and are based on the strike rate. For the first class cricket this is directly taken from the data. For OD/T20 players we take a weighted average based on their strike rate in OD and T20 matches. Some players have changes to weight their FC strike rate based on the OD/T20 strike rate if their aggression would be a long way apart in each category.


For first class cricket, the strike rate indicator is based (roughly) on:

> 63% very aggressive
< 63% aggressive
< 56% normal
< 50% defensive
< 45% very defensive

For OD and T20 cricket the Strike rate is a combination of OD and T20. There are weightings based on the lower range of strike rate multiples from the average in T20 of 126% compared to OD (average strike rate 83%).