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Cricket and baseball

Five bat-and-ball sports come set up:

  • cricket, as T20, 40 overs or 50 overs;
  • baseball, nine innings;
  • softball, seven.

Results are entered at the end of a match. Ball-by-ball scoring isn't there yet.

Cricket

  • A score is each side's innings, home first: runs, then /wickets unless the side was all out, then the overs in brackets.
    • For example, 245/8 (40) - 198 (36.2) is 245 for 8 in 40 overs against 198 all out in 36.2 overs.
    • Overs can be left out, for a side that batted all of them.
    • In the app, each side has boxes for its runs, wickets and overs.
  • The result: more runs win, and the same runs tie. A score with more wickets than an innings has, or more overs than the format allows, is refused with the reason. The overs are set on the sport, under Sports, "Overs per innings".
  • Table points: a win is 2 and a tie 1. A league sets its own on the competition, like a win 20 and a tie 10.
  • Bonus points: a league sets them on the competition, under its points.
    • Batting: a point at so many runs, then one for every so many more, up to a most. For example, from 150, then every 25, at most 5: 150 earns 1, 175 earns 2, 250 or more earns 5.
    • Bowling: a point for every so many wickets taken, up to a most. For example, every 2, at most 5.
    • Both sides earn them, win or lose. They count in the table's points, and the website shows them in their own column.
  • Level on points: wins come first, then net run rate: runs scored per over, less runs given away per over. A side all out counts as having faced all its overs.
  • Not yet:
    • two-innings and timed matches, with their draws;
    • rain-rule targets (Duckworth-Lewis-Stern);
    • points for an abandoned match. For those, add a points adjustment on the competition.

Baseball and softball

  • A score is the runs, as a final score like 5-3, or inning by inning like 0-1, 2-0, 0-0, 1-0, .... Extra innings are more innings, and a game called early counts with the innings played. There are no draws.
  • The table goes by win percentage, shown as PCT, like .667. Games behind the leader is shown as GB. Teams can play different numbers of games and still rank fairly.
  • Level on win percentage: head to head, then run difference, then runs scored.

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