Friday, 6 June 2014

Cricket scoring more complicated than the Duckworth–Lewis method

A scoring system for cricket nets has been the hardest to work out. I've tried to minimise personal opinions and subjective scoring, different people have different batting styles, some have no style at all but what makes a good shot is difficult to measure especially when leaving the ball is sometime the best shot. Also I didn't want people to spend their whole time trying not to get out.

So I've gone for a combination of 3 skills - bowling, batting and fielding in separate hopefully measurable parts.

To start with we'll all have a go at batting in the nets without any scoring, just an opportunity to have a go and smash some balls about. The last 2 batsmen will be Andy B and Rob and this is where our bowling competition happens. We'll rotate round, all bowling at both batsmen (depending on time) we should get an over to each player.

Bowling, at the 2 guys who have to leave early, 5 points for a wicket, 1 point for a dot ball (if we can agree), your total will determine your place 1st 8 points 2nd 7 points to 8th 1 point (Tied position = average points)

Fielding, from the boundary we'll throw a cricket ball to the stumps, cricket square post if sectioned off or some other marker. How near you are to the stumps will give your place. 1st 8 points 2nd 7 points to 8th 1 point

Batting, this is the hardest one to score, also with 2 people in the nets you may not face the one bowler that gets everyone out, but we need to do something. So at the end of your batting go you'll face an over where your batting will be scored. 8 people will bowl at you and hopefully you'll get 6 playable balls which will count (these can be your best 6 (unless you are bowled out which must count as a playable ball) bowlers will bowl again until they bowl a playable ball or a playable over is reached) Scoring if agreeable 1 point for hit, 2 points for a big hit (would reach the boundary) and -5 if bowled out.  Your total will determine your place 1st 8 points 2nd 7 points to 8th 1 point (Tied position = average points).

The total of the 3 scores will determine your place in the event 1st 8 points 2nd 7 points to 8th 1 point (Tied position = average points).

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