Scoring

Universal Method of Scoring.

Penalty Extras

Scorers may have difficulty in reconciling their normal practices with those required for penalty extras.

• Although the ball may be in play at the time of the incident which leads to an award of penalty runs it does not have to be.
• Because the ball is not necessarily live a penalty extra may not always be attributable to a particular delivery. The Law makers have therefore decided that an award should never be attributed to a delivery whatever the circumstances.
• Since it is never attributed to a delivery it follows that it cannot be attributed to a bowler (even though you may be aware that it was the action(s) of the bowler who is bowling the current over which caused the penalty to be awarded), therefore it cannot be recorded in the bowling analysis.
• Since it is never attributed to a delivery it follows that it cannot be attributed to a striker since he cannot receive it, therefore it cannot be recorded in the batting record.
• A penalty extra awarded to the fielding side may be caused by the actions of a particular batsman at the crease but it is not entered in his batting record.
• A penalty extra is classified as a Fielding extra since it is regarded as not necessarily having been caused by the actions of a particular bowler and cannot be a Bowling extra
• Note particularly that although the concept of a 5 run penalty extra has been introduced to cater for the changes in Law 36, Fair and Unfair play, the old penalty award for illegal fielding, which was attributable to a particular delivery, credited to the batsman who struck the delivery or to byes, leg byes, no balls or wides as the case may be, this is now included within the new 5 run penalty group and so the same principles will apply to an award for illegal fielding as for other offences (see Law36.15). Thus if a batsman having struck a fair delivery completes 2 runs and the ball then strikes a player's object (not currently used) this is scored as 7 to the total score, being two runs to the striker and five penalty extras. Previously all 7 runs would have been credited to the striker and charged against the bowler.
• Penalty extras awarded to the fielding side (ie against the batsmen for deliberate short running, wasting time, damaging the pitch or stealing a run) will be added as penalty extras to that side's total in its most recently completed innings or if they have not yet completed an innings then to their next innings

Recording Penalty extras awarded to the batting side

• Record as 5 in the penalty extras row
• Cross off 5 runs in the cumulative run tally
• Mark the award in the column designated "B" (batting penalty) in the appropriate row of the 'end of over' section
  Penalties may occur between the end of one over and the beginning of another (other than the first and last overs of the innings). If the penalty is awarded before the call of over it should be recorded in the row for that over. If the penalty is awarded after 'over' is called it should be recorded in the next over - unless it is the last over of the innings

Recording Penalty extras awarded to the fielding side

• Mark the award in the column designated "F" (fielding penalty) in the appropriate row of the 'end of over' section. If the award occurs after the call of 'over' it should be recorded in the next over - unless it is the last over of the innings
• Runs awarded to the fielding side before their first innings starts are recorded in over "0" and also in the extras section as 'penalties awarded in the other innings' when they commence their innings
• Runs awarded to the fielding side after their first innings are recorded in the extras section of their previous innings as 'penalties awarded in the other innings' - see the note about provisional scores below

Score Sheet

The score sheet is divided into several sections that when completed provides numerous statistics.

Batting

Batsmen.

Bowling

Bowlers.

No Ball

Recording of no balls.

Partnership

Runs scored by two batsmen.

Penalty Runs

How to record.

Wides

Recording of wides.