Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket
We consider managerial decision making by examining the impact of decisions taken by cricket captains on Twenty20 International (T20I) match outcomes. In particular, we examine whether pressure from external commentators is associated with suboptimal decision making by captains. Using data from over...
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| author | Sacheti, Abhinav Gregory-Smith, Ian Paton, David |
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| description | We consider managerial decision making by examining the impact of decisions taken by cricket captains on Twenty20 International (T20I) match outcomes. In particular, we examine whether pressure from external commentators is associated with suboptimal decision making by captains. Using data from over 300 T20I matches, we find little evidence that either winning the toss or choosing to bat first improves the likelihood of winning. Despite this, we find that captains in T20I cricket are significantly more likely to choose to bat rather than bowl after winning the toss, a finding that is consistent with social pressure constraining captains’ decision making. |
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| spelling | nottingham-509642020-05-04T17:24:55Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50964/ Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket Sacheti, Abhinav Gregory-Smith, Ian Paton, David We consider managerial decision making by examining the impact of decisions taken by cricket captains on Twenty20 International (T20I) match outcomes. In particular, we examine whether pressure from external commentators is associated with suboptimal decision making by captains. Using data from over 300 T20I matches, we find little evidence that either winning the toss or choosing to bat first improves the likelihood of winning. Despite this, we find that captains in T20I cricket are significantly more likely to choose to bat rather than bowl after winning the toss, a finding that is consistent with social pressure constraining captains’ decision making. SAGE 2016-01-01 Article PeerReviewed Sacheti, Abhinav, Gregory-Smith, Ian and Paton, David (2016) Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket. Journal of Sports Economics, 17 (1). pp. 44-63. ISSN 1552-7794 cricket decision making uncertainty conditional logit http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1527002513520011 doi:10.1177/1527002513520011 doi:10.1177/1527002513520011 |
| spellingShingle | cricket decision making uncertainty conditional logit Sacheti, Abhinav Gregory-Smith, Ian Paton, David Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket |
| title | Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket |
| title_full | Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket |
| title_fullStr | Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket |
| title_short | Managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of Twenty20 cricket |
| title_sort | managerial decision making under uncertainty: the case of twenty20 cricket |
| topic | cricket decision making uncertainty conditional logit |
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