{"record_type":"pith_number_record","schema_url":"https://pith.science/schemas/pith-number/v1.json","pith_number":"pith:2018:VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF","short_pith_number":"pith:VJ5MH4MN","schema_version":"1.0","canonical_sha256":"aa7ac3f18d6f43581f933cdc822e4b196ddb1272efd744d0060b9f11423f833c","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"1806.05496","version":1},"attestation_state":"computed","paper":{"title":"On the ranking of Test match batsmen","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"stat.AP","authors_text":"Peter M. Philipson, Richard J. Boys","submitted_at":"2018-06-14T12:21:24Z","abstract_excerpt":"Ranking sportsmen whose careers took place in different eras is often a contentious issue and the topic of much debate. In this paper we focus on cricket and examine what conclusions may be drawn about the ranking of Test batsmen using data on batting scores from the first Test in 1877 onwards. The overlapping nature of playing careers is exploited to form a bridge from past to present so that all players can be compared simultaneously, rather than just relative to their contemporaries. The natural variation in runs scored by a batsman is modelled by an additive log-linear model with year, age"},"verification_status":{"content_addressed":true,"pith_receipt":true,"author_attested":false,"weak_author_claims":0,"strong_author_claims":0,"externally_anchored":false,"storage_verified":false,"citation_signatures":0,"replication_records":0,"graph_snapshot":true,"references_resolved":false,"formal_links_present":false},"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"1806.05496","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"metadata":{"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"stat.AP","submitted_at":"2018-06-14T12:21:24Z","cross_cats_sorted":[],"title_canon_sha256":"c8cb45739e245bdefcac1a87fc86482d35763bbcc3492307e224bcaa6c9b19c1","abstract_canon_sha256":"e5cd16ebfd971a5bcc43aaea49d45a6ac62266c4885435081b8b5db3279e34fa"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-05-18T00:13:15.046640Z","signature_b64":"Np39yz7UTIf0cjGbfqymACL8ZGealVO6Np47ln4vi1pBBL0XuzaMbIkofyJLQhT8NpQ3uWXODTS0fOYjWvc/DA==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"aa7ac3f18d6f43581f933cdc822e4b196ddb1272efd744d0060b9f11423f833c","last_reissued_at":"2026-05-18T00:13:15.045965Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-05-18T00:13:15.045965Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"On the ranking of Test match batsmen","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"stat.AP","authors_text":"Peter M. Philipson, Richard J. Boys","submitted_at":"2018-06-14T12:21:24Z","abstract_excerpt":"Ranking sportsmen whose careers took place in different eras is often a contentious issue and the topic of much debate. In this paper we focus on cricket and examine what conclusions may be drawn about the ranking of Test batsmen using data on batting scores from the first Test in 1877 onwards. The overlapping nature of playing careers is exploited to form a bridge from past to present so that all players can be compared simultaneously, rather than just relative to their contemporaries. The natural variation in runs scored by a batsman is modelled by an additive log-linear model with year, age"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1806.05496","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"1806.05496","created_at":"2026-05-18T00:13:15.046067+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"1806.05496v1","created_at":"2026-05-18T00:13:15.046067+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.1806.05496","created_at":"2026-05-18T00:13:15.046067+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"VJ5MH4MNN5BV","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:32:59.047623+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4T","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:32:59.047623+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"VJ5MH4MN","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:32:59.047623+00:00"}],"events":[],"event_summary":{},"paper_claims":[],"inbound_citations":{"count":0,"internal_anchor_count":0,"sample":[]},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"sample":[],"anchors":[]},"links":{"html":"https://pith.science/pith/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF","json":"https://pith.science/pith/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF.json","graph_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF/graph.json","events_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF/events.json","paper":"https://pith.science/paper/VJ5MH4MN"},"agent_actions":{"view_html":"https://pith.science/pith/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF","download_json":"https://pith.science/pith/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF.json","view_paper":"https://pith.science/paper/VJ5MH4MN","resolve_alias":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/resolve?arxiv=1806.05496&json=true","fetch_graph":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF/graph.json","fetch_events":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF/events.json","actions":{"anchor_timestamp":"https://pith.science/pith/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF/action/timestamp_anchor","attest_storage":"https://pith.science/pith/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF/action/storage_attestation","attest_author":"https://pith.science/pith/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF/action/author_attestation","sign_citation":"https://pith.science/pith/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF/action/citation_signature","submit_replication":"https://pith.science/pith/VJ5MH4MNN5BVQH4THTOIELSLDF/action/replication_record"}},"created_at":"2026-05-18T00:13:15.046067+00:00","updated_at":"2026-05-18T00:13:15.046067+00:00"}