Fouls that "Didn't Affect the Outcome of the Match"

[buchanan]

Originally Posted by Siri

the analyses (at least the one I linked), aren't saying that more foul points were scored this year

It didn't say so, but it is indeed the case:

Match type Q
Year	Total Points	Foul Points	% Foul
2012	 255330		 19194      	  7.5%
2013	 778520		 41320      	  5.3%
2014	1576037   	188080     	 11.9%

Match type E
Year	Total Points	Foul Points	% Foul
2012	 92904     	 3876       	  4.2%
2013	242568    	 9031       	  3.7%
2014	404948    	33670      	  8.3%

Match types Q & E
Year	Total Points	Foul Points	% Foul
2012	 348234    	 23070      	  6.6%
2013	1021088   	 50351      	  4.9%
2014	1980985   	221750     	 11.2%

This is from the same data referenced in the other post. The raw point totals don't really matter due to different scoring rules and different number of matches counted, but percentages may be directly compared.

Every way I've broken it down, foul scoring was a significantly bigger factor in the 2014 data set than it was in 2012 and 2013 ones.