An investigation of home advantage and other factors affecting outcomes in English one-day cricket matches

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-268

  Morley, Bruce ^a   Thomas, Dennis ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cricket; Home advantage; Team sports; Tournament rules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORT; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORTS;

EID: 15844419385     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410410001730133     Document Type: Article

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