But to what extent it is acceptable and how does it affect the match? What it takes to become a scorer? Is it a full time career option? N.K Lakhotia
With such a flaw coming out in a high profile international encounter, it is safe to assume that such mistakes might be a regular occurrence in domestic and local matches. In one of the matches of ODI series, there was a digital scoring issue as the scoreboard showed Pakistani Skipper on 99 and Inzamam-ul-Haq raised his bat thinking he had completed his century. If not, let us go back to the India’s tour of Pakistan in 2004. Wait! What? Did I mention scorer? With the advancement of technology, live telecast and online reporting, does anyone even remember that there is a scorer who is active than all other players actually playing in the match? A scorer who is manually writing ball-by-ball details with utmost accuracy.
The lower the economy rate is the better the bowler is performing. ***Economy rate is the number of runs bowlers have conceded per over bowled. Therefore, from this bowling scorecard we can see that Dominic Bess performed excellently with the most maidens, but we must take into account he bowled the most overs. **A Maiden is an over in which no runs are scored (whether that be off the bat or wides).
HOW TO READ A BOWLING SCORECARDĪ bowling scorecard is a little more difficult to understand as has it has specific cricketing terminology! The card includes overs bowled, maidens, runs conceded, wickets taken and the economy rate of each bowler. He never got out during the innings as England declared for 391-8. He batted for an incredible 8 hours and 25 mins scoring nineteen 4s and one 6.
It includes data such as number of runs scored, time spent batting, number of balls faced and the number of boundaries batsmen have made.įrom this example of the 2020 Test Match series abroad in South Africa, we can see during England’s second innings the stand-out performer was Dom Sibley scoring 133 runs off 311 balls. From mid-match scoreboards to end of game scorecards, it can be a complex game, even for the most knowledgeable of fans! But with a bit of help from this blog, you can see that they are actually quite easy to understand and built very logically.įor a batsman, a scorecard contains a lot of information and numbers.
Cricket scoring can sometimes be confusing.