getPlayerData {cricketr}

Get the player data from ESPN Cricinfo based on specific inputs and store in a file in a given directory

Description

Get the player data given the profile of the batsman. The allowed inputs are home,away or both and won,lost or draw of matches. The data is stored in a <player>.csv file in a directory specified. This function also returns a data frame of the player

Usage

getPlayerData(profile,opposition="",host="",dir="./data",file="player001.csv",
type="batting", homeOrAway=c(1,2,3),result=c(1,2,4))

Arguments

profile

This is the profile number of the player to get data. This can be obtained from https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/index.html. Type the name of the player and click search. This will display the details of the player. Make a note of the profile ID. For e.g For Sachin Tendulkar this turns out to be httsp://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35320.html. Hence the profile for Sachin is 35320

opposition

The numerical value of the opposition country e.g.Australia,India, England etc. The values are Australia:2,Bangladesh:25,England:1,India:6,New Zealand:5,Pakistan:7,South Africa:3,Sri Lanka:8, West Indies:4, Zimbabwe:9

host

The numerical value of the host country e.g.Australia,India, England etc. The values are Australia:2,Bangladesh:25,England:1,India:6,New Zealand:5,Pakistan:7,South Africa:3,Sri Lanka:8, West Indies:4, Zimbabwe:9

dir

Name of the directory to store the player data into. If not specified the data is stored in a default directory "./data". Default="./data"

file

Name of the file to store the data into for e.g. tendulkar.csv. This can be used for subsequent functions. Default="player001.csv"

type

type of data required. This can be "batting" or "bowling"

homeOrAway

This is onw of 1,2,3. 1 is for home 2 is for away and 3 is for neutral venue

result

This is a vector that can take values 1,2,4. 1 - won match 2- lost match 4- draw

Details

More details can be found in my short video tutorial in Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9uMPFVsXsI

Value

Returns the player's dataframe

Note

Maintainer: Tinniam V Ganesh <[e-mail]>

Author(s)

Tinniam V Ganesh

References

https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/stats/index.html
https://gigadom.in/

See Also

getPlayerDataSp

Examples

## Not run: 
# Both home and away. Result = won,lost and drawn
tendulkar <-getPlayerData(35320,dir="../cricketr/data", file="tendulkar1.csv",
type="batting", homeOrAway=c(1,2,3),result=c(1,2,4))

# Only away. Get data only for won and lost innings
tendulkar <-getPlayerData(35320,dir="../cricketr/data", file="tendulkar2.csv",
type="batting",homeOrAway=c(2),result=c(1,2))

# Get bowling data and store in file for future
kumble <- getPlayerData(30176,dir="../cricketr/data",file="kumble1.csv",
type="bowling",homeOrAway=c(1),result=c(1,2))

#Get the Tendulkar's Performance against Australia in Australia
tendulkar <-getPlayerData(35320, opposition = 2,host=2,dir=".", 
file="tendulkarVsAusInAus.csv",type="batting") 

## End(Not run)