COMERead Runs, Wickets and a Simple Cricket Run Rate
Read the team score as runs followed by wickets lost. To calculate a simple current run rate, use runs divided by completed overs, taking care with any partly completed over.
Read the team score first
The first graphic shows 162-6: 162 runs for six wickets lost. You still need the innings and match status to understand the broader situation. The picture is used here as a notation example and is not a live match report.
Use a whole-over practice example
The second graphic reads 60/1 after six overs. In this example, 60 divided by six equals 10 runs per over. The wicket count is a separate part of the score and is not added to or subtracted from the runs in that calculation.
Handle a partly completed over carefully
An over has six valid balls. If a display reads 6.3 overs, that means six completed overs and three valid balls, or six and a half overs for arithmetic. It does not mean 6.3 decimal overs. Convert to balls first when that makes the calculation clearer.
Do not turn one number into a prediction
Current run rate describes scoring so far. It does not guarantee a final total or a match result. A required rate needs a target and remaining deliveries as well, so it cannot be calculated from an isolated team-score graphic.
Check real matches at their source
For a specific IPL match, confirm the season, teams, innings and current status at the tournament source. Archived graphics are helpful for learning notation, but they should not replace a current scorecard or be treated as proof of a feature inside COME.
MCC Law 17 explains valid balls and completion of an over.