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Cricket Run Rate Calculator

Cricket Run Rate Calculator

Work out the current run rate for any innings. Enter the overs and balls bowled, or the total number of legal balls, and Criko normalises the rest.

How are you entering the innings length?

Legal balls bowled in the current over (0-5).

Formula

  • Run Rate = Runs Scored / Overs Completed
  • Overs Completed = Total Legal Balls / 6

Example

  • A team scores 165 runs in 20 overs.
  • 165 / 20 = 8.25 runs per over.
  • If the same 165 runs came in 17.4 overs, that is 106 legal balls, so the overs figure used is 106 / 6 = 17.67 and the run rate is 9.34.

Frequently asked questions

Why is 17.4 overs not treated as 17.4 in the maths?

Cricket notation is not decimal. 17.4 overs means 17 completed overs plus 4 legal balls, which is 106 balls. Divided by six that is 17.67 overs, and that is the figure used to calculate the rate.

Do wides and no-balls count towards the overs?

No. Only legal deliveries advance the over. Runs conceded from wides and no-balls still count towards the score, so they raise the run rate without adding balls.

What is run rate?

Run rate is the average number of runs a batting side scores per over. It is the simplest measure of how quickly a team is scoring and is shown on every scoreboard. In limited-overs cricket, the current run rate is compared with the required run rate to judge how a chase is going; in Test cricket it shows how quickly a side is building or cutting a lead. Because an over has six legal balls, run rate is really runs per six legal balls, which is why part overs must be turned into balls first.

How to use the run rate calculator

  1. Enter the runs scored so far.
  2. Choose how you want to give the innings length: overs and balls, or total legal balls.
  3. Enter the completed overs and the balls bowled in the current over (0 to 5), or the total number of legal balls.
  4. Press Calculate. The result updates as you change any figure.

Worked examples

A completed T20 innings

A team makes 150 in its 20 overs. That is 120 legal balls, so the run rate is 150 ÷ 20 = 7.50 runs per over.

Part of the way through an over

A side is 97 after 12.3 overs: 12 overs and 3 balls, or 75 legal balls, which is 12.5 overs in the maths. The run rate is 97 ÷ 12.5 = 7.76, not 97 ÷ 12.3 = 7.89.

A day of Test cricket

310 runs in 88.4 overs is 532 legal balls, or 88.67 overs. 310 ÷ 88.67 = 3.50 runs per over.

Common mistakes

  • Dividing by the overs figure as it is written. 12.3 overs is 12.5 overs in the maths, not 12.3.
  • Counting wides and no-balls as balls. They add runs to the total but do not move the over on.
  • Mixing up run rate and required run rate. The run rate describes what has happened; the required rate describes what is still needed.