Scoring Tips - with Cheryl Bellamy

Last Updated (Thursday, 08 January 2009 15:49) Written by Stephen Hardwick Tuesday, 06 January 2009 11:53

Scoring Tips

The scorer's job is one that requires considerable concentration and it is essential for scorer's to sit side by side. This way, they can compare scores, change of bowlers, incoming batsmen, names of fieldsmen who took catches etc.

Obtain a list of your team from the captain and keep it handy for you both to see.

Every ball must be recorded. If no runs or sundries occur then record a dot in the bowler's column.

When runs occur, they have to recorded against the batsman, added to the total score and recorded in the bowler's column and compare runs with fellow scorer. When sundries occur, they have to be recorded in the appropriate sundries column, added to the total score and shown in the bowler's column (see below) and don't forget to compare with your fellow scorer.

Try to work from the bottom of the page, up as the bowling analysis is always accepted as being correct (every ball is recorded in the bowling analysis).

At the end of each over, total runs in bowler's column (see below) still comparing with fellow scorer.

Time in and time out for batsmen is handy to keep if you have time.

Equipment

Pencils, Sharpener, Eraser, Calculator, Watch, Chair, Support/Rest, Pen

Wides

A wide is shown as "+" in the bowling column (meaning one run is added to the bowler's figures, one run is recorded in the Sundries column against Wides and one run is added to the total). For more than one wide (example Umpire signals byes) it is to be recorded as either one, two, three or four dots with a cross depending on the number of runs the batsmen take. Don't forget that if the batsmen run 2 then three runs are recorded (2 byes plus penalty one run for the wide) in sundries column as wides, 3 added to total score and two dots with a cross is entered in the bowling analysis. An over which contains a wide cannot be a maiden over.

No Balls

When a no ball is bowled and no other runs are scored, enter a circle in the bowling column, and enter 1 in the no ball column under sundries and add 1 run to the progressive run total. (Don't forget at the end of the over that the circle represents one run against the bowler and has to be added to his progressive score). When runs are scored from a no ball, enter the runs against that batsman with a circle around them (eg circle ), enter the runs in the bowler's column with a circle around them (eg circle and add total runs to the progressive score. e.g. If 3 runs have been struck, show circle against the batsman, 1 in the no ball column, add 4 to the total scoreruns plus penalty 1) and circle against the bowler (noting that the circle meaning that 4 runs are added to the bowler's tally). The reason to show only 3 in a circle is so if there is a dispute in the total runs scored, it is easier to find all the 1's, 2's, 3's and 4's on a scoresheet than trying to remember that a 4 in the bowlers column is really a 3 plus 1 penalty run.

When a no ball is called by the umpire who then proceeds to call leg-bye (to indicate to the scorer that the batsman did not touch the ball) all runs go to no balls. For example, if the batsmen run 2, then 3 runs are put in the no ball column. It would be shown in the bowler'scolumn as circle and 3 runs are added to the bowler's progressive score, remembering again that the circ denotes 1 run penalty as per above.

The byes and leg-byes are only signalled to show that they were not to go to the batsmen (Law 24.9).

Generally the FIRST call the umpire makes is the one shown in the scorebook. If a wide and no ball are called for the one ball, then it is recorded as no ball because in most instances (regardless of the order the umpire calls the wide and no ball), it is the no ball error that wohave occurred first.

An over which contains a no ball cannot be a maiden over.