Scorer (cricket)
The scorer is the point recorder in cricket .
The officially appointed scorer has the task of keeping the progress and result lists of a game. It records all runs and wickets that are scored and the number of overs that a bowler has thrown. In all professional games, two scorers are used in accordance with the rules, with each team providing one. Therefore, in a test series , a scorer is also one of the away team's officials.
The scorer does not make his own decisions, but only documents the course and the decisions of the umpires in the lists. In cases of doubt, they signal their decision to the scorer with special signs that are specified in the rules. This applies in particular to the assignment of extras .
The scorer regularly records the data in a so-called scorecard . This is a very detailed form that makes it possible to record all the data for an inning on one sheet of paper. Using the scorecard, it is now possible to reconstruct a game in detail. The use of EDP is, if necessary, supporting to keep the press and the online media up to date.
Most of the time, the scorer is also responsible for all statistics- related tasks . The better known scorers are therefore almost without exception also active in this area. In particular, they inform the media about all current statistical data during a game.
The world's best-known scorer was Bill Frindall , who was the scorer in all test matches in England and most test matches for the English team abroad from 1966 until his death in 2009 . In particular, he was also active for the BBC in their live broadcast of the test matches on the radio ( Test Match Special ). There he has the nickname "the Bearded Wonder" , because he is able to keep perfect scorecards and at the same time to determine completely obscure statistics and data within a very short time, which he then repeats again and again Introduces the current radio report.
The umpires and scorers were organized together in the "Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers" (ACU & S), founded in 1953, but the scorers were only added a few years later. The ACU & S was dissolved by resolution of its members in December 2007 and merged with the "ECB Association of Cricket Officials" (ECB ACO) founded in 2008.