Editing Scorer (section)

==Match scores==
[[File:Adelaide Scoreboard1206.jpg|thumb|right|The [[scoreboard]] at the [[Adelaide Oval]].]]
Other than the information kept on a detailed scorecard, there are specific conventions for how the in-progress and overall result of a match is summarised and stated.

While an innings is in progress, the innings score comprises the number of [[run (cricket)|run]]s scored by the batting team and the number of [[wicket]]s taken by the bowling team. For example, a team that has scored 100 runs and lost three wickets is said to have a score of ''"one hundred for three"'', which is written ''100–3'' or ''100/3''. The exception is in Australia, where the order of the two numbers is switched: a spoken score of "''three for one hundred''" and written score of ''3–100'' or ''3/100''. Runs decide the winning and losing teams (or a draw) whereas wickets can only, if all wickets are taken, decide the match is over.

When an innings is complete:
*If all of a team's batsmen were dismissed (or retired/absent hurt), the number of wickets taken is dropped from the written score, for example, ''300'', rather than ''300–10''; this may be spoken as simply "''three hundred''", or as "''three hundred, all out''".
*If a team [[Declaration and forfeiture|declares]] its innings closed despite still having able batsmen available, a ''d'' or ''dec'' is appended to the wickets in the score, for example ''300-8d'' or ''300-8dec''; this would be spoken as "''three hundred for eight, declared''".
*If a limited-overs innings is complete due to all overs having been faced, the progress-style score is still used, for example ''275-7''.

In a completed two-innings match, each team's innings scores are always written and spoken separately – the sum of the two innings scores is never written or spoken, despite the fact that it is the determining factor in who wins the match. If the match has a winner, then the winning team's score is listed first; if not, then the team which batted first is listed first. If a team has [[follow-on|followed on]] in its second innings, this is indicated by appending ''(f/o)'' to its score. In this way, a finished cricket score gives enough information to describe each innings and the sequence in which they were played. The score is then usually accompanied by a statement of the result and (if applicable) margin of victory. The margin of victory can be described in four ways:
*If the team batting last wins the game, then it wins by the number of ''wickets'' it had remaining when it passed the other team's total
*If the team bowling last wins the game, then it wins according to how many more ''runs'' it had scored than the opponent across the entire game
*If the team bowling last wins the game, and has only batted one innings compared to its opponent's two, then it wins by ''an innings'' and a number of ''runs''
*If a match is tied or drawn, but a victory or tournament advancement is awarded based on a tie-breaker rule (for example, based on the first innings leader in the [[Knockout system|knock-out]] portion of India's [[Ranji Trophy]]), then the tie or draw is still given as the primary match result, with the special rule appended.

Some examples of full statements of scores in two-innings matches include:
*[[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] 267 & 268–4 def. New Zealand 249 & 285, Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
*[[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] 284 & 487–7d def. [[England cricket team|England]] 374 & 146, Australia won by 251 runs
*[[India national cricket team|India]] 601–5d def. [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] 275 & 189 (f/o), India won by an innings and 137 runs
*[[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] 418 & 301–7d vs [[England cricket team|England]] 356 & 228–9, match drawn
*[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] 532 & 273–4 vs [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] 449, match drawn (Delhi won on first innings lead)

The statement of score and results is similar in a limited overs match, except that for a victory by ''wickets'', it is also conventional to append the number of balls remaining in the team's innings – since the number of overs is often a greater constraint than remaining wickets. If the overs or targets are amended by a rain rule (typically the [[Duckworth-Lewis method]]), this is always noted in the statement of result – which is important since the official margin of a victory by ''runs'' under a rain rule may not equal the difference between the teams' actual scores. As for a two-innings match, if a tied match is decided by a tie-breaker, the score will still reflect the primary result as a tie and the tie-breaker as an appendix to the result; this is even in the case of a [[Super Over]], the runs from which are not added to the main innings score. Examples of full statements of results from limited overs matches include:
*[[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] 288 def. [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] 273–9, Australia won by 15 runs
*[[India national cricket team|India]] 230–4 def. [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] 228, India won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
*[[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] 349 def. [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]] 99, Pakistan won by 93 runs ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|D/L method]])
*[[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] 174–4 vs [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] 174–6, match tied (Sri Lanka won the Super Over)

In the statement of results for a match without a winner, there are four distinct terms which may be used: ''draw'', ''tie'', ''no result'' and ''abandoned''. A ''tie'' is a match in which the game is completed and the two teams finish with the same number of runs. A ''draw'' is a two-innings match which does not reach a conclusion within its allotted time. ''No result'' is the outcome of a limited overs match which does not reach a conclusion, usually because rain prevents both teams from facing the prescribed minimum number of overs. An ''abandoned'' match is in which a ball is never bowled.