Your Cricket Cricket Scoring Notation

[barmyarmy]

I've ended up doing a bit of scoring this season when our team are batting and have noticed quite a lot of variation in scoring notation. I was looking on the web to see if I could find any sites about it but I could only find one.

I was always taught to do the following: (I think)

dot ball - . (dot)
run to batsman - 1,2 etc (number)
wicket - x (diagonal cross)
wide - w (with total before it e.g. 2w)
no ball - nb (with total before it e.g. 1nb)
bye - b (with total before it e.g. 1b)
leg bye - lb (with total before it e.g. 2lb)

The website I linked to says the following:

wide - (vertical cross with dots for runs in quadrants)
no ball - (circle with dots inside it or number for runs off bat)
wicket - w
runout - r
byes - an upward facing, filled in, triangle
leg byes = a downward facing, filled in, triangle
Runs are recorded with the number
Dot balls are just that recorded with a do

I'd be interested to know what members here use or have seen used.

 

[Skater]

Your method is a lot less complicated. That's what I've been taught to do.

 

[manee]

The website method is the one I use.

 

[Hooper]

We use your method except the no ball thingy - we do a circle with the score that was hit inside it.

 

[andrew_nixon]

I've always used the first method, but using a capital W for wicket, and a small w for wide.

 

[Leicester Fox]

I used W for wicket and wd for wide but I just did it that way based on sky sports

 

[barmyarmy]

Also byes go against the keeper and aren't counted in the bowlers figures; ditto leg byes. Wides and no balls go against the bowler as do overthrows.
Correct?

 

[Manly]

we use:

circle with score for a no ball
diagonal cross (X) with a number beside for wides
upside down triangle with number inside for byes
right way up triangle with number inside for leg byes
w for wicket
dots (only for bowler) for dot balls
runs are numbers

what do you guys use for penalty runs? ie hit the helmet

 

[andrew_nixon]

Also byes go against the keeper and aren't counted in the bowlers figures; ditto leg byes. Wides and no balls go against the bowler as do overthrows.
Correct?

That is correct. Overthrows also get credited to the batsman, unless they come from a delivery that was already a wide or gone for byes or leg-byes.

 

[barmyarmy]

Ok, what about byes/wides/leg byes off a no ball?
If a no ball goes for 4 off the bat I would write 5NB and score 4 to the batsman but if a no ball goes for 4 byes do I write 5NB and score 4 to byes?

 

[MUFC1987]

The second method is the one more widely used I'd say. It's also easier once everyone understands it, as you'd run out of room in the space for the over if everything had two letters beside it.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Ok, what about byes/wides/leg byes off a no ball?
If a no ball goes for 4 off the bat I would write 5NB and score 4 to the batsman but if a no ball goes for 4 byes do I write 5NB and score 4 to byes?

For the first scenario, you've got it right. For the second scenario, you'd score one to no balls, and four to byes.

To check that you have everything right, do a quick total of the batsman's scores and all extras, then do a total of the runs taken off each bowler plus byes and leg byes (not no balls and wides) and the two figures should match.

 

[sohum]

What about if a wide goes down for four? Are all five wides credited to the bowler?

 

[AbBh]

I guess it would be the same as 4 byes of a no ball, 1 would be credited to the bowler and 4 to byes.

 

[sohum]

I guess 1 would be credited to the bowler and 4 to byes.

I've always found that a little unfair especially if it's one of those diagonal wides that the keeper has no chance in stopping.