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In this seminar, Russ Houldin presents his important new paper “A Run is Run is a Run,” exploring how cricketers might be evaluated as complete players, rather than merely as batsmen or bowlers. Drawing inspiration from baseball’s sabermetrics and its influential Wins Above Replacement (WAR) model, he introduces a fresh statistical framework designed to capture cricketing quality in a holistic way.
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"Evaluating the whole cricketer" is an episode of The ACSCricket Podcast. Runtime 54 min. Published April 15, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.