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The Economics of Gender and Sport While women’s cricket, and women’s sport in general, has gained enor- mously in popularity in terms of both spectators and TV audiences, com- paratively little is known about it and its participants, and there are few, if any, quantitative assessments of the game. The Economics of Gender and Sport: A Quantitative Analysis of Women’s Cricket flls that gap. The work analyses the different forms of cricket – Test cricket, One day, T20 – and is based on the latest sets of available data. It seeks to answer questions such as how well female cricketers play, how well they are paid, who the superstars are, and how competitive women’s cricket is. It also ex- amines more general issues which affect men’s cricket too, with the over- arching theme of this book being inequality. First, the chapters discuss inequality in the distribution of luck. The book discusses the importance of luck in cricket and suggests a way of distinguishing between luck and ability in determining match outcomes. Second there is access inequality, which means that players from certain groups have an advantage in terms of being chosen to play in representative teams. Third, there is inequality in tournament outcomes, and this carries implications for the degree of com- petitive balance in contests between teams. Fourth is the issue of inequal- ity in the quality of umpiring in men’s and women’s cricket. Fifth, there is inequality between men and women in their respective remunerations as cricketeers. Lastly, there is inequality in performance between players: the book explains how batting and bowling averages can be adjusted to better refect player performance. The volume will fnd an audience among advanced students and research- ers in sports economics, sports-related and gender studies. More generally, it will appeal to lovers of cricket who wish to read about the game in terms which are more than simply anecdotal. Vani Kant Borooah is Emeritus Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Ulster, UK. Routledge Studies in Gender and Economics Using Fiscal Policy and Public Financial Management to Promote Gender Equality International Perspectives Janet G. Stotsky The Economics of Gender Equality in the Labour Market Policies in Turkey and other Emerging Economies Edited by Meltem İnce Yenilmez and Gül Ş. Huyugüzel-Kişla Technology and Women’s Empowerment Edited by Ewa Lechman The Political Economy of Patriarchy in the Global South Ece Kocabıçak The Economics of Women and Work in the Global Economy Edited by Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez and David Castro Lugo The Economics of Gender and Sport A Quantitative Analysis of Women’s Cricket Vani Kant Borooah For more information about this series, please visit www.routledge.com/ Routledge-Studies-in-Gender-and-Economics/book-series/RSGENECON The Economics of Gender and Sport A Quantitative Analysis of Women’s Cricket Vani Kant Borooah First published 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 Vani Kant Borooah The right of Vani Kant Borooah to be identifed as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifcation and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record has been requested for this book ISBN: 978-1-032-10958-9 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-10960-2 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-21790-9 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003217909 Typeset in Times New Roman by codeMantra For Ashok Contents List of figures ix List of tables xi List of technical boxes xiii About the author xv Preface xvii 1 Prologue 1 2 Chance and Cricketing Outcomes 7 3 Access Inequality 35 4 Competitive Balance 61 5 Adjudication in Cricket 81 6 Remuneration in Cricket 108 7 Assessing Player Performances 129 8 Epilogue 147 Index 151 Figures 3.1 Optimal Representation in Squads by Members of Groups A and B 48 5.1 Fielding Positions in Cricket 84 5.2 The Normal Distribution 89 5.3 Hawk-Eye Error 90 7.1 The Equally Distributed Equivalent Score 132
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