LAHORE – The latest edition of Pakistan Super League beat out all major T20franchise cricket leagues T20 leagues around the world, including theIndian Premier League, Big Bash League as well as the Caribbean PremierLeague, in fielding excellence.
According to an ESPNcricinfo reportlink>,which sourced data from Cricket21, the PSL third edition had 82% of catchestaken, with the champions Islamabad United converting 90.4% of theirchances.
The PSL fielding stats are well ahead of the BBL, where last season’sconversion rate was only 75.6%. The champions, Adelaide Strikers, werethird-best with an 80% conversion rate.
The IPL, as of April 29, 2018, has seen 81% catch-conversion rate. The CPL2017 edition had an overall conversion rate of only 72%.
The catch-conversion percentage is calculated on the basis of the number ofreal catching opportunities and how many of them are held or dropped.
The PSL 2018 started on February 9 and concluded on Mar 25, 2018.