TV Score Display:
If you're new to cricket and are watching cricket on TV, you might not understand the way that scoring works. But don't worry I'm here to help!
Each number on the graphic is the explained below...
This is how TV companies usually display the score during play.
1. The team that is batting, in this case, ENG - England
2. Runs scored
3. Wickets lost
4. Overs bowled to how many allocated for the match
5. Run Rate - the average number of runs per over
6. State of play - usually says how many runs/wickets are needed for victory.
7. The batsman on strike - this is usually indicated with an asterisk
8. Batsman's individual score
9. Balls faced
10. Non-striking batsman - will usually have no asterisk next to their name.
11. The team that is bowling/fielding.
a. Current Bowler
b. Wickets taken by current bowler
c. Runs conceded by current bowler
d. Overs bowled by current bowler
e. The decimal point indicates individual balls, in this case (37 overs and 0 balls)
Batting Scorecard:
This is an example of a scorecard used as part of TV coverage of cricket. Some of the letters on this card are used to indicate how a batsman was dismissed.
Glossary:
Balls: how many balls faced
Runs: runs scored
Overs: total overs bowled
c - caught
b - bowler
lbw - Leg Before Wicket
c & b - caught by the bowler
st - stumped
hit wicket - accidentally hit wickets
Extras: runs scored that are not credited to the batsman (eg. wides, no-balls, leg-byes)
(a blank space under How Out means that they were bowled)
Bowling Scorecard:
This is an example of a bowling scorecard, it shows all the bowlers from the game, all their stats and shows the point in the game at which wickets fell.
Glossary:
O - overs bowled
M - Maiden overs bowled (overs bowled without conceding a run)
R - runs conceded
W - wickets
Econ - average runs conceded per over
Dots - number of balls bowled without a run scored
FOW: fall of wicket(s) - the point in the match where each wicket fell.
A scoreboard inside a cricket stadium will typically use the same initials and acronyms used to show the scores in the TV scoreboard. However, it may be more simplified to make it more accessible.
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