Your Cricket Cricket Scoring Notation

[AbBh]

Apparently the rules say that
"If the ball, not being a No ball or a Wide, passes the striker without touching his bat or person, any runs completed by the batsmen or a boundary allowance shall be credited as Byes to the batting side."

So I'm not sure about what I said earlier.

 

[sohum]

Apparently the rules say that
"If the ball, not being a No ball or a Wide, passes the striker without touching his bat or person, any runs completed by the batsmen or a boundary allowance shall be credited as Byes to the batting side."

So I'm not sure about what I said earlier.

Hmmmm... From what I recall, they are counted as wides/no-balls, but they are not credited to the bowlers. I'm not sure exactly how it works. Were any of the byes given away in this match called wides? That way we could figure it out ourselves before Andrew comes and destroys the suspense.

Okay. Looks like one run is credited to the bowler and 4 runs are credited to the team. Looking at England's first innings in the current match, 10 wides are credited to the extras, but only 6 add up from the bowlers.

 

[Almost_Austwick]

This is the way that I score (and most others that I've scored alongside with):

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


Wides - I always put any runs scored onto the onto the bowlers figures.

 

[Sureshot]

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

whs.

I've only scored once mind, I got confused with the umpire that day as he signalled a wide and a leg bye off the same ball...

 

[sd92]

I use the first method, but a w for wicket and for a wide i use a +

 

[smssia0112]

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)

use that one, only a wicket is w and a wide is wd.

 

[andrew_nixon]

I use that one, only a wicket is w and a wide is wd

Which one? Might help if you had only quoted the one you use!

 

[wolf]

This is the way that I score (and most others that I've scored alongside with):

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


Wides - I always put any runs scored onto the onto the bowlers figures.

That is what I use, although I have never used R for a run-out.

If a wide goes for four, it counts as 5 wides, all against the bowler.

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I have a question though, more for the umpring side. What if the batsmen don't hit the ball without playing a shot, and then run a run? Is it a bye or a dead ball? I know if it hits the legs when not playing a shot and they run it is not a run.

Just asking because this happened to me when I was umpiring a couple of months ago, and there was a big difference in opinion (I gave the bye).

 

[barmyarmy]

If no stroke is offered then I'm pretty sure it's a dead ball. Also the only way you can be out lbw if the ball hits you outside the line of off.

 

[wolf]

But what about when the bowler bowls a bouncer, batsman ducks and it goes flying over the keepers head, it is normally called byes then isn't it?

 

[barmyarmy]

But what about when the bowler bowls a bouncer, batsman ducks and it goes flying over the keepers head, it is normally called byes then isn't it?

I've seen dead balls signalled when the ball hits the batsman's helmet and richochets for 4...
I guess ducking a bouncer may count as playing a stroke.

1. Byes
If the ball, not being a No ball or a Wide, passes the striker without touching his bat or person, any runs completed by the batsmen or a boundary allowance shall be credited as Byes to the batting side.

2. Leg byes
(a) If a ball delivered by the bowler first strikes the person of the striker, runs shall be scored only if the umpire is satisfied that the striker has
either (i) attempted to play the ball with his bat,
or (ii) tried to avoid being hit by the ball.
If the umpire is satisfied that either of these conditions has been met, and the ball makes no subsequent contact with the bat, runs completed by the batsmen or a boundary allowance shall be credited to the batting side as in (b). Note, however, the provisions of Laws 34.3 (Ball lawfully struck more than once) and 34.4 (Runs permitted from ball lawfully struck more than once).

(b) The runs in (a) above shall,
(i) if the delivery is not a No ball, be scored as Leg byes.
(ii) if No ball has been called, be scored together with the penalty for the No ball as No ball extras.

3. Leg byes not to be awarded
If in the circumstances of 2(a) above the umpire considers that neither of the conditions (i) and (ii) therein has been met, then Leg byes will not be awarded. The batting side shall not be credited with any runs from that delivery apart from the one run penalty for a No ball if applicable. Moreover, no other penalties shall be awarded to the batting side when the ball is dead. See Law 42.17 (Penalty runs). The following procedure shall be adopted.
(a) If no run is attempted but the ball reaches the boundary, the umpire shall call and signal Dead ball, and disallow the boundary.

(b) If runs are attempted and if
(i) neither batsman is dismissed and the ball does not become dead for any other reason, the umpire shall call and signal Dead ball as soon as one run is completed or the ball reaches the boundary. The batsmen shall return to their original ends. The run or boundary shall be disallowed.
(ii) before one run is completed or the ball reaches the boundary, a batsman is dismissed, or the ball becomes dead for any other reason, all the provisions of the Laws will apply, except that no runs and no penalties shall be credited to the batting side, other than the penalty for a No ball if applicable.

Hope this helps...

 

[smssia0112]

Which one? Might help if you had only quoted the one you use!

Sorry, I meant Colin's.

 

[RoboRocks]

I've seen dead balls signalled when the ball hits the batsman's helmet and richochets for 4...
I guess ducking a bouncer may count as playing a stroke.

Wouldn't it go down as an attempt to avoid the ball.

 

[barmyarmy]

Not if you just stood there!

 

[sd92]

So they just stood there, and let it him then