11. Scorecards

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Score Cards

On the TV screen, this is what you would see:

Team Score

This means that Australia batted first. They scored 251 runs and lost 6 wickets. Pakistan is currently batting. Their current score is 143 and have lost 3 out of 10 wickets. 32 overs and 2 balls are up.

Batsman's scorecard

The above scorecard is self explanatory. Adam Gilchrist, the fifth batsman in the batting order, hit 74 runs of 83 balls he faced, with a Strike Rate of 89.16. He has batted for 104 minutes and has hit 5 fours and a six; and remains not out.

Bowler's Scorecard

Brett Lee has bowled 5 overs and 2 balls, and has got two wickets. He comes under the fast bowler category. He has bowled 1 maiden over and 23 runs have been scored of him. He has an economy rate of 4.6 runs an over.

Batting Team Scorecard

Summary

This is a typical batting scorecard. The first column shows the batting line-up of the match. The second column is the player's name. The third column is the way they got out. If there is no data, it means that they haven't batted as yet. The Runs column shows the runs garnered by each player, similarly the balls column. The third last row gives the Fall of wicket figure – the score at which a batsman got out. Extras are the runs not credited to the batsman. wides/ no-balls/ leg-byes/ byes.
The sum total of the runs made by the players plus the runs obtained by extras gives the team score. The Total number of balls here exceeds 300 (50 x 6) by 12. The 12 extra balls are the balls re-bowled due to wides and no-balls.

Bowling Scorecard

The above bowling scorecard is self explanatory. The columns read: overs, maidens, runs, wickets take, wides, no-balls and economy-rate.