Do you understand the numbers and symbols on a cricket scoreboard? The typical cricket match scoreboard display differs slightly from the IPL, and it can also vary depending on the device you’re using to watch the live stream. The scoreboard provides a perfect overview of the current status of the two teams, batsmen, and bowlers. Take a look at the image to understand it better.
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IPL Cricket Scoreboard Types
The IPL cricket scoreboard has many different presentations, and you’ll find that the scoreboard looks different depending on how you’re watching the live stream! Whether it’s on a mobile stream, at the stadium, or on TV, the way it’s presented varies. Hurry up and learn what these numbers and symbols represent.
Mobile Live Cricket Scoreboard
How many runs has the team scored?
Cricket scoreboard on the mobile: The left side displays the current score of the batting team, along with the number of wickets lost and the number of overs bowled (107 – 3).
RUN-RATE: The average number of runs scored per over.
Current stats of both batsmen
Next to the batsman’s name, there are usually two numbers: the left one represents the current score, and the right one represents the number of balls faced. A batsman with a small arrow next to their name typically indicates that they are the current batter.
CURRENT PARTNERSHIP: The total runs scored by the two batsmen and the total balls faced; 40 and 50 means facing 50 balls and scoring 40 runs.
Current stats of the bowler
The bowler’s statistics typically show: The runs conceded in 6 balls, the number of wickets taken, the total runs conceded, the current number of overs bowled, and the ball being bowled in the current over.
Example: 1-5 3.4
1 = Wicket, 5 = Runs conceded, 3 = Over, 4 = Current ball.


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How to read cricket score on TV
Watching the match on TV shows more information on the cricket scoreboard! The recorded information includes: the team names, the batting team’s score and wickets lost, the current over, the bowler’s speed, runs and balls faced by the batsmen, total runs and balls faced by both batsmen, and the bowler’s wickets, runs conceded, overs bowled, and ball-by-ball stats.

- Partnership: The total runs and balls faced by the two batsmen.
- Ball-by-ball stats:
- WD (Wide Ball) = The batting team is awarded 1 run.
- ● = The batting team does not score on that ball.
- 1WD = The batting team is awarded 1 run for the wide ball, plus 1 run is scored through running by the batsmen, totaling 2 runs.
- 4 = The batting team scores 4 runs (1 = one run, and so on).
Additional explanation of ball-by-ball stats
Record the bowler’s deliveries for each over (including legal balls, wide balls, and no balls). A bowler must deliver 6 legal balls to complete an over and move to the next one!
Using the example in the image: WD ● ● WD 1 ● 1WD 4
- The 1st ball (WD) conceded 1 run.
- The 2nd ball (●) was a dot ball with no runs conceded.
- The 3rd ball (●) was a dot ball with no runs conceded.
- The 4th ball (WD) conceded 1 run.
- The 5th ball conceded 1 run.
- The 6th ball (●) was a dot ball with no runs conceded.
- The 7th ball (1WD) conceded 2 runs.
- The 8th ball conceded 4 runs.
The above record shows 5 legal balls: ● ● 1 ● 4; The bowler must deliver 6 legal balls to complete an over.

- SR (Strike Rate): The runs scored per 100 balls.
- Eco (Economy Rate): The average runs conceded per over.
- RR (Run Rate): The average runs scored per over.
- Fours/Sixes/Wickets: The number of fours, sixes, and wickets taken.
- Extras: Additional runs such as those from wide balls, no balls, etc.
- REQ (Required Run Rate): The average run rate that the second team must maintain to chase down the first team’s total.
Stadium Cricket Scoreboard
Team Stats
- Time: The current time.
- Team: The name of the batting team, helping fans quickly understand which team is currently on the offense.
- Review: The number of times the team has challenged an umpire’s decision (the DRS system will be used to review the decision). Each team has 2 opportunities to review an umpire’s decision (successful challenges do not reduce the number of available reviews).
- Score: The team’s total score (including individual extras and batsmen’s scores).
- Wickets: The number of wickets lost by the batting team.
- Overs: The number of overs and balls completed by the team.


Batters Stats
- Batters: The names of the two batsmen currently on the field, with a * indicating the current striker. The names are followed by their individual scores and the number of balls they have faced.
- Score: The individual score of the batsman, excluding extras.
- Balls Faced: The number of balls faced by the batsman.

Bowler Stats
- Bowler: The name of the current bowler; along with the bowler’s performance. As shown in the image: 3.0 – 0 – 28 – 1.
- 3.0 = O (Overs Bowled): The number of overs bowled. Currently, it’s the 3rd over.
- 0 = M (Maidens): The number of maiden overs (overs with no runs conceded). Currently, 0 means this bowler has conceded runs in every over.
- 28 = R (Runs): The number of runs conceded. The bowler has allowed 28 runs to be scored.
- 1 = W (Wickets): The number of wickets taken. The bowler has taken 1 wicket so far.

💡 IPL Cricket Scoreboard Update
Most of the stadiums used to host IPL matches have now fully adopted high-tech display screens, dividing the match content into Permanent Information and Updates. The feature helps make it easier for the audience to understand the score and the status of the teams.
- DLS (Duckworth-Lewis-Stern): The score target calculated using the DLS method, displayed after a match is interrupted.
- Delayed: The match is delayed due to weather, field conditions, or other factors.
- Abandoned: The match is called off due to weather, field conditions, or other factors.
- Target: The target score that the second batting team must achieve to win the match.
- Tied: When both teams score the same total at the end of the match, a Super Over will be played to decide the winner.
