How to read a cricket scoreboard

A cricket scoreboard tells you how many runs a team has scored, how many wickets it has lost and how far the innings has progressed.

Runs and wickets

In the notation “runs/wickets”, the first number is the team’s total runs and the second is the number of wickets lost. A team normally has ten wickets available in an innings.

Overs and balls

An over consists of six legal deliveries. The number after the dot in an overs display counts legal balls in the current over; it is not a decimal fraction. Wides and no-balls do not count as legal deliveries.

Target and required run rate

The chasing team aims to reach the target. Required run rate means runs still needed divided by overs still available. For an accurate calculation, convert remaining balls to overs by dividing by six.

When a score is delayed

A score service may lag behind the action. Always check its last-update time and match status. A missing feed does not mean the match has stopped or finished.