Result (cricket) - Statement of Result

Statement of Result

The result of a cricket match is stated in several ways:

• If the side batting last wins the match without losing all its wickets, the result shall be stated as a win by the number of wickets still then to fall.

For example – in a single-innings match, if Team A bat first and make 200 runs, then Team B make 201 after losing four wickets out of ten, Team B is said to have won by six wickets, regardless of how many batsmen Team A lost during their innings.

• If the side fielding last wins the match, the result shall be stated as a win by runs.

For example – if Team A bat first and make 200 runs, but Team B make only 192, Team A is said to have won by eight runs.

Note: If the side batting last has lost all its wickets, but as the result of an award of 5 penalty runs at the end of the match has scored a total of runs in excess of the total scored by the opposing side, the result shall be stated as a win to that side by penalty runs.

• In a two-innings match, if the number of runs scored in its first innings by the side due to bat last is greater than the total runs scored by the opposition in both its innings, the result is stated as a win by an innings and number of runs short.

For example – if Team A bat first and make 200 runs in their first innings, Team B make 300 runs in their first innings, and Team A only make 95 runs in their second innings, Team B is said to have won by an innings and five runs.

• If the match is decided by one side conceding defeat or refusing to play, the result shall be stated as Match Conceded or Match Awarded, as the case may be.

• If a match is unfinished when time expires, the result is a draw (this does not apply to limited overs cricket).

• If all innings of both teams are completed (either because all batsmen have been dismissed or one/more innings are completed by way of a declaration) and the totals are exactly equal, the match is a tie.