- Maths reviewed by Josh Miller
- Tested by Diana Westfield
412 runs, out 11 times: that’s a batting average of 37.45. The CasinoCalcs cricket average calculator above does that sum and the ones around it: batting strike rate, bowling average, economy and strike rate, and a team’s run rate against the target. It’s free, and it reads overs the cricket way, so 52.3 means 52 overs and 3 balls, not 52 and a third.
Cricket average calculator: batting
A batting average divides runs by dismissals, not innings. Not outs are the reason:
| Figures | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|
| 412 runs, 14 innings, 3 not out, 520 balls | 37.45 | 79.23 |
| 412 runs, 14 innings, 0 not out, 520 balls | 29.43 | 79.23 |
| 95 runs, 9 innings, 6 not out, 160 balls | 31.67 | 59.38 |
The last row is the classic number 10 who’s always not out at the end. Strike rate is runs per 100 balls, the number that matters most in T20.
Bowling average, economy and strike rate
A bowler with 14 wickets for 286 runs from 52.3 overs:
- Bowling average: 286 ÷ 14 = 20.43 runs per wicket
- Economy: 286 ÷ 52.5 overs = 5.45 runs per over
- Strike rate: 315 balls ÷ 14 = 22.5 balls per wicket
Lower is better for all three. 52.3 overs is 315 balls, the step that trips people up when they do it on a calculator: .3 is three balls, not three tenths of an over.
Run rate and the chase
Pick the team option to track a chase. 142 for the loss of a few wickets after 24.4 overs is a run rate of 5.76. Chasing 265 in 50 overs, they need 123 more from 152 balls, a required rate of 4.86. For rain-reduced targets, use the DLS calculator, and for tournament tables the net run rate calculator.