Cricket scoring - Bowling analysis - Runs and Dot balls

Fig 1

The image above shows a segment of the bowling analysis from a typical score-book. This example shows all of the basic symbols that should be used when scoring.

Runs and Dot Balls

Runs and dot balls Fig 2

I fill in the bowling analysis working from the top - going left to right working with an invisible grid of 9 blocks, so  in the event that there are any Extras there's some space at the bottom of the box to easily add these.

If we look at the row for the bowler B.Lokes you'll see that in his first over he went for 3 runs off of his bowling. The first 2 balls were "Dot balls" e.g no runs were made. The 3rd ball was hit for 2. The 4th ball was another dot. The fifth ball a single, followed by a dot ball. 

At the end of the over the tally box is filled in 3-0 e.g. three runs for no wickets. Some people write this up the other way round 0-3 e.g. No wicket for 3 runs. It's up to you how you do this, just be consistent in your process. 

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Note to self - there also needs to be an intro page about flow and the use of coloured pens and the 'Balancing of the books' details.