Batting average calculator

Batting average and strike rate, worked properly.

An average divides by dismissals, not by innings. Enter the four figures and get both numbers, with the not-outs handled correctly.

Innings they finished undismissed

Batting average

42.00

420 runs divided by 10 dismissals, not by innings.

Strike rate
140.00
Dismissals
10
Runs per innings
35.00

The rule

Not-outs are the whole problem

A batting average is runs divided by dismissals, and a dismissal is not the same thing as an innings. Twelve innings with two not-outs is ten dismissals. Divide 420 runs by twelve and you get 35.00; divide by ten and you get 42.00. The second one is the average.

It follows that a batter who has never been out has no average at all. Not zero, and not a very large number: there is nothing to divide by. This calculator shows a dash there, because printing 0.00 says the opposite of what is true.

Strike rate is simpler and independent of all that: runs per hundred balls faced, which is why it is quoted beside the average rather than instead of it.

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Questions

Do not-outs count in a batting average?

They count in the runs and not in the divisor. An average is runs divided by the number of times the batter was dismissed, so an innings finished not out adds to the runs without adding to the denominator. That is why a batter with several not-outs can carry a high average on modest scores, and it is the most common mistake in a hand-kept average.

What is the average of a batter who has never been out?

There is not one. The sum is runs divided by dismissals and the divisor is zero, which is undefined rather than infinite or zero. Scorecards usually print a dash, and so does this calculator. Runs per innings is shown alongside, which is a defined number and is often what somebody actually wants in that situation.

How is strike rate calculated in cricket?

Runs scored divided by balls faced, multiplied by a hundred. Seventy-five runs from fifty balls is a strike rate of 150.00. Unlike the average it takes no account of dismissals, so the two figures answer different questions: the average is how much a batter is worth, the strike rate is how quickly they get it.

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