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Journal article
Home advantage and LBW decisions: The contribution of umpiring to the home-ground (dis)advantage in cricket
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Vol.25(6), pp.520-523
2022
PMID: 35227604
Abstract
Objectives
This study aimed to determine whether elite cricket umpires' decisions contribute to home advantage via leg-before-wicket decisions.
Design
Leg-before-wicket decisions (n = 4971) from actual elite level cricket matches in Australia between 2009 and 2016 were analysed using a binomial logistic regression to predict the umpires' leg-before-wicket decisions.
Methods
Regressions were performed to determine whether the batter's team (home or away) influenced the likelihood that the umpire would give them out leg-before-wicket.
Results
We found no evidence of home advantage in umpires' leg-before-wicket decisions. In fact, we found evidence that umpires in some instances disadvantage the home team.
Conclusions
We suggest that the increased professionalism of sports officials, and the scrutiny they are placed under, may lead umpires to reduce or even overcompensate for any existing biases in their decision making.
Details
- Title
- Home advantage and LBW decisions: The contribution of umpiring to the home-ground (dis)advantage in cricket
- Authors
- Joshua M. Adie (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyIan Renshaw - Queensland University of TechnologyRemco Polman - Queensland University of TechnologyDavid L. Mann - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Publication details
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Vol.25(6), pp.520-523
- Publisher
- Elsevier Australia
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.01.009
- ISSN
- 1878-1861; 1440-2440
- PMID
- 35227604
- Grant note
- The research was supported by a QUT Postgraduate Research Scholarship to the lead author.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991102145002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
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- Web Of Science research areas
- Sport Sciences