Tag: cricket basics

A cricket scorecard can look confusing the first time you see it. Rows of names, letters and figures sit side by side, and the abbreviations are not always explained. Once you understand the basic layout, however, a scorecard tells the full story of a match in one glance: who scored the runs, who took the […]

A bowler’s economy rate is the average number of runs conceded per over, while the bowling strike rate is the average number of balls bowled for each wicket taken. Together with the bowling average, these figures show how cheaply and how often a bowler takes wickets. Understanding them makes cricket scorecards and player profiles much […]