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WatchingSep 12, 2026Updated Sep 27, 20262 min read

How to read a County Cricket scorecard

Both innings, batting and bowling cards, extras, and the result line — the same numbers the scorer logged in the app.

Finished matches open on the scorecard. You get each innings in order: the batting card, the bowling card, extras, and the result line the engine wrote when the match ended.

The batting card

  • Runs and balls faced for each batter, with their fours and sixes.
  • A dismissal line for anyone who is out — for example bowled, caught, run out, stumped, or hit wicket.
  • Batters who are still in have no dismissal line.

The bowling card

  • Overs bowled — written like 3.2 for three overs and two balls.
  • Runs conceded, wickets taken, and maidens.
  • Wides and no-balls count against the bowler’s runs but not against their overs, because they are not legal balls.

Extras and totals

The extras line breaks down wides and no-balls, and each innings total is shown with its wickets and overs. On a live board the this-over chips show only the current over; the scorecard is the whole match.

The result line

Target matches are a chase: one innings, a target, and a need-rate line while it is live. Head to Head and Double header are two innings, and the higher total wins — individual in Head to Head, side total in Double header. The result reads “won by N wickets” for a successful chase and “won by N runs” otherwise, or “Match tied” or “Match drawn” when the totals are level. How a match ends has the details.

What else is on the hub

Style, side counts, ball type, and ground stay on the card so a 1 vs 2 hard-tennis Target is not mistaken for an 11-a-side game. Insights is an over-by-over trail, Commentary is the written ball-by-ball, and Gallery holds photos added from the app.