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The following statistics are recorded:

Batsmen - number of runs scored, time spent batting, number of balls faced, how out (and by which bowler and catcher if appropriate).

Bowlers - number of overs bowled, number of maidens bowled, number of wickets taken, number of runs conceded (i.e. scored off his bowling).

Team - extras, total runs, wickets fallen, overs bowled, total at each fall of wicket.

The team score is usually given as ``(number of wickets) for (number of runs)'' in Australia. In England, New Zealand, and some other countries it is given as ``(number of runs) for (number of wickets)''. Bowling figures are sometimes printed in shortened form, for example: Donald 40-5-106-2, de Villiers 37-7-85-5, etc. The partnership scores can be seen from the differences between successive fall of wicket scores. Good performances are considered to be:

- A batsman scoring 50, or 100, or multiples thereof.
- A partnership adding 50, or 100, or multiples thereof.
- A bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.
- A bowler taking ten wickets in a two innings match. (This is an excellent performance and a relatively rare feat.)
- A bowler taking a hat trick, i.e. three wickets in three successive balls (perhaps in different overs). This is even more rare.

Each of these tasks is usually greeted with enthusiastic applause from the spectators. The crowd also usually applauds significant events such as: Any wicket falling, a six, a four, a good over from a bowler (one which the batsmen have great difficulty playing safely), a good athletic effort from a fielder to gather the ball, the innings total reaching a multiple of 50.

The number of runs scored in an innings average about 3 per over for a first class match, and 4 per over in a one-day match. The variation on these numbers can be quite large, differences of up to one run per over being not uncommon. In a first class match, a captain makes his decision on declaring the innings closed based on the remaining time in the match and the size of his team's lead. He will try to allow as much time as possible to bowl the opposition out, while ensuring they do not have enough time to score enough runs to win. Over a single player's career, the two most important statistics are:

Batting Average - The aggregate number of runs scored divided by the number of times the batsman has been out. The higher, the better.

Bowling Average - The aggregate runs scored against a bowler divided by the number of wickets taken. The lower, the better.

Each of these averages is kept separately for Test cricket, first class cricket in general, and one-day cricket. A batting average above 30 is very good, 40 excellent, and 50 is legendary. Mention must be made of the Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman, whose career average was a record 99.94, far and away the greatest batsman ever to play the game. A bowling average below 25 is considered excellent.

Ratings

Setting new standards-: Indiatimes Cricket Ratings (ICR), the world's most comprehensive ratings for international cricket. These ratings set new standards and is the first attempt by anyone to treat Test as well as One-Day International (ODI) matches as separate categories. In devising these ratings, we have tried to make the task of evaluating a player's skill as objective as possible. Cricket enthusiasts can now get a fairly accurate picture of where the players stand in the game. On the other hand, players too will benefit from the evaluation of their skills.

To cover the whole gamut of the game, we are proposing six ratings each in both categories. This will keep track of the Best Team, Best Fielder, Best Wicket-Keeper, Best Batsman, Best Bowler and the Best All-Rounder every cricketing season beginning May and ending April the following year. However, these ratings will at all times reflect the moving averages for the previous 12 months from the date of the last ODI or Test Match. Cricket enthusiasts can log on to this site and get the latest ratings, updated to the last week.

How different is ICR ?

ICR has distinct features which make it stand out when compared to other ratings :-

- This is the only ratings in the world to treat Tests and ODIs as separate categories.
- This is first time that various skills in the game have been given due recognition and separate ratings have been instituted for each skill.
- For the first time an attempt is being made to recognize the talent of all-rounders.
- A team / player's performance is evaluated on the basis of number of parameters. For example, in the case of batsmen the parameters considered are the number of runs scored in the past year, strike rate, numbers of centuries, unbeaten innings, etc. This rating is not merely an overall aggregate as is the case with other ratings.

A player's performance is evaluated on the basis of points without the subjective involvement of judges as is the case with some other ratings. This will eliminate the element of arbitrariness from the process making it more scientific and accurate.

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