17. Scorecards Hopefully by now, what I have explained is sufficient to know about One Day cricket and its nuances. However before the ability to read the abbreviations & scoreboard on the the TV screen needs to be explained, so that the numbers on the screen aren't Greek and Latin to newcomers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbreviations n.o. Not Out c. Caught * Not Out b. Bowled OR bye SR Strike Rate st. Stumped D/L Duckworth Lewis ht. wk Hit Wicket NRR Net Run Rate wk Wicket Keeper LHB Left Handed batsman R/R Run Rate RHB Right Handed Batsman nb. No Ball DNB Did not bat/bowl w Wide FoW Fall of Wicket lb Leg Bye N/R No Result -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Score Cards On the TV screen, this is what you would see: Not that the grey tables are the scoreboard. Team Score Score AUS 251/6 PAK 143/3 Overs 32.2 This means that Australia batted first. They scored 251 runs and lost 6 wickets. Pakistan are currently batting. Their current score is 143 and have lost 3 out of 10 wickets. 32 overs and 2 balls are up. (6 balls make an over). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Batsman's scorecard Australia 5. Adam Gilchrist 74*(83) Runs Balls 4's 6's S/R Mins. 74 83 5 1 89.16 104 The above scorecard is self explanatory. Adam Gilchrist, the fifth batsman in the batting order, hit 74 runs of 83 balls he faced, with a Strike Rate of 89.16. He has batted for 104 minutes and has hit 5 fours and a six; and remains not out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowler's Scorecard Australia Brett Lee (right arm fast) Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ. 5.4 1 23 2 4.6 Brett Lee has bowled 5 overs and 2 balls, and has got two wickets. He comes under the fast bowler category. He has bowled 1 maiden over and 23 runs have been scored of him. He has an economy rate of 4.6 runs an over. --------------------------------------------------- NEXT: Reading scorecards 2