Editing Scorer (section)

==Scoring notation==

A cricket scorer will typically mark the score sheet with a dot for a legal delivery with no wicket taken or runs scored (hence the term "a dot ball") where conventional runs are taken the score sheet is marked with the number of runs taken on that delivery.

Special notation is used in the case of extras.

===Wides===

[[File:Wides E.jpg|thumb|Cricket Scorers' wide notation]]

The conventional scoring notation for a [[Wide (cricket)|wide]] is an equal cross (likened to the umpire standing with arms outstretched signalling a wide).

If the batsmen run byes on a wide ball or the ball runs to the boundary for 4, a dot is added in each corner for each bye that is run, typically top left, then top right, then bottom left and finally all 4 corners.

If the batsman hits the stumps with his bat, or the wicket-keeper stumps him, the batsman would be out and a ‘W’ is added to the WIDE ‘cross’ symbol.

If a batsman is run out while taking byes on a wide delivery then the number of completed runs are shown as dots and an 'R' is added in the corner for the incomplete run.

===No-balls===
[[File:No_Balls.jpg|alt=No-Balls|frame|Cricket Scorers' no balls notation]]
The conventional notation for a [[no-ball]] is a circle. If the batsman hits the ball and takes runs, then the runs are marked inside the circle. In practice it is easier to write down the number then encircle it. 
 
If a no-ball delivery eludes the wicket keeper and the batsmen run byes or the ball runs to the boundary for 4 byes, each bye taken is marked with a dot inside the circle. Again it is easier to encircle the dots. These additional runs are debited as no-balls against the bowler, not 'fielding' extras (fielding extras being byes or leg byes).

===Byes===

The conventional notation for a single [[Bye (cricket)|bye]] is a triangle with a horizontal edge at the base and a point at the top. 

If more than one bye is taken the number scored is written within the triangle - in practice it is easier to write the number down and then draw the triangle around it.

===Leg byes===

The conventional notation for a single [[leg bye]] is a triangle with a point at the base and horizontal edge at the top (an inverted bye symbol). If more than one leg bye is taken the number scored is written within the triangle - in practice it is easier to write the number down and then draw the triangle around it.