You Cannot Do That Ben Stokes: Dynamically Predicting Shot Type in Cricket Using a Personalized Deep Neural Network

The goal of each batsman is to score as many runs as possible without being dismissed. Batsmen can be dismissed in several ways, including being caught by fielders or having their wickets knocked over. While simple in principle, the type of shots and style of a batsman is greatly influenced by the format of the game. In short forms of the game such as T20 and One Day Internationals (the focus of this paper), batsmen are typically more aggressive since their team have a limited number of balls from which to score their runs (120 and 300 balls respectively).