Result (cricket)

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The result (English result ) in a cricket game can either be a win ( win ) for one of the two teams, a draw ( tie ) or a draw ( draw ). There are several ways in which these individual types of results can be achieved. When giving the full result, there are numerous special features for the different possible results.

Result of the game

victory

The aim of the game is to get more points ( runs ) than your opponent.

A game always consists of either one or two innings (rounds of play) per team. To win it is not enough just to have more points than your opponent; the opponent's innings must also be completed at the end of the game so that the opponent would not have had a chance to score if the game had continued.

A team can also give up ( Match Conceded ) or the referees can award one team the game if the other team refuses to continue playing ( Match Awarded ).

In the extremely rare event that the last team batting loses their last batsman , but with a 5-run penalty in their favor, just enough runs are made from this last ball of the game to win the game, the result is the result stated as a " win by penalty runs" .

draw

The game ends in a draw if the scores of both teams are equal and the innings of the team batting last has been completed. This second condition wasn't introduced until 1947, so there are a number of games before that date that would be counted as a draw today but still count as a tie.

A tie is a very rare outcome in cricket; it only occurred twice in test matches from 1877 to 2020:

December 9-14 , 1960
scorecard 		Brisbane West Indies cricket team West Indies
453 (100.6) & 284 (92.6) 		- Australia Australia
505 (130.3) & 232 (68.7)
draw
September 18-22, 1986
Scorecard 		Madras Australia Australia
574 (170.5) & 170-5d (49) 		- India India
397 (94.2) & 347 (86.5)
draw

These two examples also show that a team's total score, which ultimately matters, is never explicitly stated. The two innings of a team are rather viewed as completed units, which is also reflected in many statistics.

In two-innings games, the point difference is determined after the first innings of both teams and calculated with this in mind. After the first team has also completed its second innings, the number of points required for victory for the other team ( target ) results, taking into account this point difference . This was exactly what was missed in the two games mentioned above with the closest possible result.

At shortened innings

In one-innings games (mainly List A , one-day internationals or Twenty20s ) found in rain or other interruptions that prevent the intended number is completed by overs in the innings of the second beating team that Duckworth-Lewis method application . A mathematical model is used to project how high the number of points would be at the end of the inning if the remaining overs had taken place. This information is used to calculate the target which the second team must reach in the remaining overs in order to achieve a draw or - if it is exceeded - to win.

draw

All other games are counted as a draw.

This means that at the end of the predetermined playing time, the team to be batting last is still behind on points or, at best, is tied, but its innings have not yet been completed. H. their batsmen have not all been eliminated and further points could have been scored. In other words, if the game had gone on, at least in theory, both teams would still have won, they simply ran out of time.

In so-called one-day matches (one-day games), in which the innings of a team is limited by a specified number of overs (today 1 over = 6 rule-compliant ball throws), there can be no draw. Because after completing the over, the innings is by definition complete. However, it is also not uncommon for the game to be stopped due to rain. The result is given as No Result if not enough overs have been completed to be able to evaluate the game.

Presentation of the result

If the team batting last wins without having lost all of its wickets , the result is indicated by the number of wickets not yet fallen.

Example: Team A (here always the first team to beat) scores 200 runs. Team B trumps the result by reaching the 201st run when only four out of a maximum of ten of their batsmen are eliminated. The game is over and team B wins with 6 wickets .

In games with two innings per team, one team may score more runs in its first innings than the opponent in its two innings combined. Then it is no longer necessary to complete the second innings and the team wins with one innings and x runs .

Example: Team A manages 200 runs in their 1st innings, then Team B manages 450 runs in their 1st innings and finally Team A only manages 150 runs in their 2nd innings. Team B wins with one innings and 100 runs .

If the team that is the last field team wins, the result is given as a win due to the difference in runs .

Example 1-innings game : Team A gets 200 runs in their innings, then Team B only 180 runs. Team A wins with 20 runs .
Example 2-innings game : Team A manages 200 runs in their 1st innings, Team B 250 runs, then Team A 300 runs and Team B 200 runs in the 2nd innings. Team A wins with 50 runs .

Should a victory be decided by abandonment or award, this will be reported as the result.

In order to provide easier access to the final result in the media, the number of balls left to be played in the innings is often added, especially in the case of a win after wickets. In the event of a Duckworth-Lewis Method victory, the addition (D / L method) is added to the result.

A score like 200 to 15 runs is used in cricket neither as an intermediate nor as a final result, as such a score is not meaningful. To be able to evaluate the result, it must be known which innings have already been completed and how many batsmen (batsmen) have already been eliminated in the current innings. Therefore scores like England is 210 for 6 are used, which means that in the current innings England has scored 210 runs and 6 of their batsmen have already been eliminated.

Result of an inning

When reporting the overall result, the results of each individual inning are listed. It should be noted that in a 2-innings game the partial results of the individual innings are not added together, but the points, wickets and over are given separately. For this purpose, the number of runs achieved and the number of wickets obtained in the innings are generally listed. In the event of an all-out , i.e. the loss of all wickets in an innings, the wicket information is omitted. The number of overs in innings is also listed. In one-innings games, the maximum number of overs to be completed is also usually specified, which is corrected accordingly if this is reduced due to interruptions. So an exemplary innings result is 230-8 (38.4 / 48) . Depending on the source, either a slash or a hyphen is used between the number of points and the number of wraps. In Australia it is historically customary to swap wicket and runs.

In games without a fixed number of overs per innings, a d is added if a declaration has been made and an (f / o) if a follow-on has been enforced.

Scorecard

Scoreboard in the WACA Ground
Example of a blank scorecard

Another way of specifying the result is the so-called scorecard . In addition to the results, it contains detailed information on the performance of the individual batsmen and bowlers . A distinction must be made between the official scorecard , as it is kept by the two official scorers , and the summarized versions, as they are used in the media or on the scoreboard in the stadium. The former contains detailed information about every single ball played and the scorers are trained for this task by the associations. In the shortened versions only the summarizing part is given. For each individual batsman, the number of runs achieved, the form of his elimination and the opposing players involved, as well as other information such as the number of boundaries achieved , the minutes spent on the field, the balls played and the number of balls played without one Point to achieve indicated. For bowlers, the scorecard often contains additional information from the cricket statistics in addition to the wickets achieved and the number of overs played . The extras are also listed.

It is customary in the summary of the batsman's departure to give an abbreviated form of the elimination :

  • c fielder b Bowler : caught ( caught )
  • c & b Bowler : bowled and caught by the bowler ( caught and bowled )
  • b Bowler : bowled ( bowled )
  • LBW b Bowler : leg before wicket ( leg before wicket )
  • st wicketkeeper b bowler : stumped
  • hit wicket b Bowler : Hit wicket

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Law 16 - The Result . In: Laws of Cricket (2017), Marylebone Cricket Club.
  2. ^ Law 13 - innings . In: Laws of Cricket (2017), Marylebone Cricket Club.
  3. ^ Liam McCann: Cricket. AAPPL, 2006, ISBN 978-1904332664 , page 38; limited preview in Google Book search.
  4. ^ S Rajesh: How the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method works ( English ) Cricinfo. June 8, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 - Results ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ How to recognize on the scoreboard of the Sydney Cricket Ground that was created by Ned Gregory: Do you remember this big score? ( English ) The Sun (Sydney). February 7, 1923. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  7. ^ Law 3 - The Scorers . In: Laws of Cricket (2017), Marylebone Cricket Club.
  8. ↑ a b Cricket Scoring - Getting Started ( English ) New Zealand Cricket - Umpires & Scorers Association. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ Scorers Count - Cricket Scorers Courses ( English ) ECB. Retrieved March 16, 2018.