Stabilizer
Top-order batter who provides floor through strike rotation and wicket protection. Value rises on slow pitches.
Contrast: Speedster.
A
Speedster
Boundary-seeking batter with higher variance. Useful for ceiling in short or favourable phases.
Balance with a Stabilizer for stability.
All-rounder
Contributes with bat and ball. Consider workload signals: overs bowled, batting slot, and role stability.
B
Bounce-back Risk
The chance that a recent poor performer normalizes upwards (or vice versa) when underlying role/conditions are unchanged.
Bonus (Illustrative)
Extra educational points for milestones (e.g., strike-rate tiers, boundary clusters). Not tied to any platform.
C
Leadership (Illustrative)
Educational multiplier used in examples to show how concentration of risk/return affects totals. Always check real rules elsewhere.
Ceiling
Potential for a high output in favourable conditions or roles (e.g., death hitting, new-ball swing burst).
Correlation
How outcomes move together. Avoid betting on clashing assumptions (e.g., both top orders dominating a slow deck).
Control Bowler
Middle-overs bowler who reduces boundary rate. Floor role; ceiling lower unless wicket burst occurs.
D
Death Overs
Final phase of an innings. Volatile: run rate spikes, wicket chances concentrate, outcomes swing sharply.
Dot-Ball Pressure
Sequence of scoreless deliveries increasing batter risk-taking. Favors control bowlers on slow decks.
E
Economy (Illustrative)
Runs conceded per over, often tiered in educational scoring to teach trade-offs with strike power.
F
Closer
Late-innings batter with high-leverage balls. Ceiling role; risk of too few deliveries faced.
Floor
Lower bound of typical output due to stable role/conditions (e.g., stabilizer, control bowler).
Floater
Flexible batting slot used as contingency. Uncertain balls faced; role volatility increases risk.
G
Game Script
Narrative of how an innings might flow (e.g., early wickets ➜ consolidation ➜ late surge). Useful to spot correlation clashes.
I
Innings Phase
Broad segments: powerplay, middle overs, death overs. Roles are often phase-specific.
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L
Leverage
Moments/roles where each ball has outsized impact (death hitting, final over bowling). High variance by nature.
M
Matchups
Skills vs. skills (e.g., left-arm swing vs. RHB). Useful signal; avoid over-indexing to tiny samples.
Middle Overs
Post-powerplay consolidation. Control bowlers and stabilizers gain relative importance.
P
Powerplay
First overs with fielding restrictions. High boundary rate; also early wicket potential from swing.
Practice Mode
Scenarios for reasoning only—no money, no prizes, purely educational.
R
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Role Stability
Likelihood a role remains consistent (e.g., fixed opener vs. floater). Stability drives floor.
S
Scenario Analysis
Thinking through alternative paths (rain truncation, collapse, surge) to spot correlation conflicts and backups.
Strike Rate (Illustrative)
Runs per 100 balls; sometimes tiered in examples to teach trade-offs. Always check real rules elsewhere.
T
Trade-off
Choosing between stability and upside within composition and phase coverage.
Truncated Match
Overs reduced (e.g., rain). Upside concentrates in early impact roles and death bowling.
U
Uncertainty
Unknowns in role, conditions, and selection. Manage via backups and diversified phase coverage.
W
Workload Signal
Indicators of expected usage: overs per game, recent rest, batting promotion demotion.
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