update_player_meta {cricketdata}

Update player_meta

Description

The player_meta data set contains the names and other attributes of players who appear on both cricsheet and ESPNCricinfo as at 28 August 2023. This function returns an updated version of the data set based on information currently available online.

Usage

update_player_meta(start_again = FALSE)

Arguments

start_again

If TRUE, downloads all data from ESPNCricinfo without using player_meta as a starting point. This can take a long time.

Value

A tibble containing meta data on cricket players.

Author(s)

Hassan Rafique and Rob J Hyndman

See Also

player_meta, fetch_player_meta().

Examples

## Not run: 
# Update data to current
new_player_meta <- update_player_meta()

## End(Not run)