Cricket Players — Profiles & Stats

Batting statistics

Innings versus matches

A player can appear in a match without batting. Averages are calculated from innings, not appearances.

Batting average

Runs scored divided by the number of times dismissed. Not-outs are excluded from the divisor, which is why a lower-order batter who is regularly stranded not out can carry a flattering average.

Strike rate

Runs per 100 balls faced. In T20 this is often more informative than average; in Test cricket it is close to irrelevant on its own.

High score

The best single innings, with an asterisk if the batter was not out — "84*" means 84 not out.

50s and 100s

Counts of half-centuries and centuries. A useful signal of whether a player converts starts into substantial scores.

Average and strike rate should be read together. Two batters averaging 35 are not equivalent if one scores at 75 per 100 balls and the other at 140 — in a limited-overs side those are different roles entirely.

Bowling statistics

Bowling average

Runs conceded divided by wickets taken. Lower is better. The headline quality measure in longer formats.

Economy rate

Runs conceded per over. The headline measure in T20, where containing is often worth more than striking.

Strike rate (bowling)

Balls bowled per wicket taken. Lower is better. Distinguishes a bowler who takes wickets from one who merely dries up an end.

Best bowling figures

Written wickets-first: "5/27" means five wickets for 27 runs. The reverse of the batting convention, which trips up newcomers constantly.

Five-wicket haul

Five or more wickets in a single innings. Still the standard benchmark for an outstanding spell.

Average, economy, and strike rate move somewhat independently. A bowler with a good average but poor economy takes wickets while going for runs — valuable in a chase-defending role, expensive in a powerplay.

Fielding and wicket-keeping

• Catches — taken in the field or behind the stumps.
• Stumpings — credited to the wicket-keeper only.
• Run-outs — credited to the fielder, never to the bowler.
• Dismissals — for keepers, catches plus stumpings combined.

How grassroots records are built

Professional player records come from licensed data providers. Club and league records on CrikIQ are computed from matches scored ball-by-ball in the app — nobody types a batting average in by hand.

That has a practical consequence worth understanding: a club player's career figures only cover matches that were actually scored on CrikIQ. A season recorded in a paper scorebook will not appear. Where a scorer corrects a delivery after the fact, the correction propagates to the affected career totals and the change is retained in the match audit trail.

A note on sample size

Club statistics are drawn from far smaller samples than professional ones. An average built from six innings tells you very little; three not-outs inside those six innings tells you less still. Treat a first-season figure as a sketch rather than a verdict, and weight recent form over career totals when picking a side.

Frequently asked questions

Why is a batting average higher than it looks like it should be?

Not-out innings are excluded from the divisor. A player with 200 runs from 10 innings including 4 not-outs averages 33.3, not 20, because they were only dismissed six times.

Are club and professional statistics combined?

No. Licensed professional records and CrikIQ club records are kept separate, because the standard and the sample sizes are not comparable.

How do I claim my player profile?

Sign in and link your account from your profile page. Once linked, matches scored against you in CrikIQ update your career records automatically.