Reading 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

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Score Cards

On the TV screen, this is what you would see: Not that the grey tables are the scoreboard.

Team 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).

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Batsman's scorecard

5. Adam	Gilchrist				74*(83)
Runs	Balls	4	6	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.

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Bowler's Scorecard

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.

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Averages		Scorecards

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