Background: Relative Age Effect, Maturation Bias, Underdog Effect, Birth Quarters.
It seems to be widely accepted that late born and/or late maturers reach higher levels of elite performance in cricket. For example, Tim Wigmore, in his 2020 book ‘The Best: How Elite Athlete Are Made’, states 64% of male Test players with over 50 caps are born between March and August (Q3 30%, Q4 34%).
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7, Nov 2021
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