Figure 2

Visual representation of the database. (A) The time evolution of the total number of games in ODI and Test format. The inset figure represents the total number of games in each format. The brown color represents the Test cricket and the purple color represents the ODI cricket. (B) The joint distribution of the total number of players against the total number of games played by each player. The four symbols shown in the inset can be paired since the number of batsmen and of bowlers coincide by construction of the game. The total number of ODI games played and the total number of games won by each country is presented in (C). The same statistics for Test cricket is presented in (D). The purple color represents the total games and the green color represents the total wins.