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How to score advanced cricket events

Record extras, detailed dismissals, batter retirement, strike changes, and innings transitions from the cricket scoring controls.

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1Open the intended cricket matchOpen Scorer dashboard, choose the match, and check Scoring control before recording anything.
Select the match
Use Upcoming, Live, or Completed to find the assigned match. Select its row to open the match summary, then choose Start scoring, Open match, or Resume scoring as offered.
Claim this device
On desktop, open Scoring control from the match header. On mobile, open Match actions first. Begin with a practice match that no device controls. In Scoring control, select Start scoring on this device. Wait for the panel to close, reopen it and confirm This device controls scoring and Synced. Close the panel before editing. If another device owns the match, use the scoring-control guide and coordinate the transfer.
Check the next action
Complete innings setup, incoming batter selection, next bowler selection, or a pending rain target before the scoring controls become available.
After this step
Open Scorer dashboard, choose the match, and check Scoring control before recording anything.
2Record extras with the correct run splitOpen Extras and choose the extra type before choosing runs.
Extra type
Use the umpire's decision to choose one of the current options.
Wide — Select Wide and choose Extra runs. Include the wide penalty in this total. The delivery does not advance the legal-ball count.
No ball — Select No ball, choose Extra runs, and choose Runs off bat separately. For a no-ball penalty plus a boundary off the bat, the two fields represent separate parts of the delivery total.
Byes — Select Byes and choose Bye runs. Runs off bat is unavailable for this type.
Leg byes — Select Leg byes and choose Leg bye runs. Runs off bat is unavailable for this type.
Runs available — The extra-runs selector offers 1 through 7. Runs off bat offers 0 through 6 and is enabled only for No ball.
Add runs — Check the total in the Add runs button before submitting. Wait through Recording and verify runs, extras, legal balls, and strike in the scorecard.
Unsupported combinations
The current menu records one extra type per delivery. If an official event needs a combination the controls cannot express, pause and ask for a supported correction instead of recording extra fictitious deliveries.
After this step
Open Extras and choose the extra type before choosing runs.
3Record the dismissal and fieldersOpen Wicket, choose Dismissal, confirm Dismissed batter, and enter the details that appear.
Dismissal choices
Choose the official dismissal.
Bowled — Record the striker as dismissed by the bowler.
Caught — Choose the Catcher. Choose Catch assist only if another fielder assisted. The bowler can be selected as catcher.
LBW — Record the striker as dismissed LBW.
Run out — Choose either active batter as Dismissed batter. Choose First fielder, optional Wicket broken by / assist, and Completed runs from 0 through 3.
Stumped — Choose the Wicketkeeper credited with the dismissal.
Hit wicket — Record the striker's hit-wicket dismissal.
Obstructing the field — Choose the dismissed player from either active batter as permitted by this selector.
Confirm fielding details
The primary fielder and optional assisting fielder must be different. Direct hit / no assist leaves the run-out assistance empty. Record wicket now saves the dismissal first. Then select the incoming batter before another ball.
Crossing and strike
There is no separate crossed-batters checkbox in the current wicket form. Enter the completed runs accurately and check the resulting ends against the umpire's decision. Use Change strike between deliveries if the displayed ends require correction.
After this step
Open Wicket, choose Dismissal, confirm Dismissed batter, and enter the details that appear.
4Choose the incoming batter and next bowlerFinish the lineup change shown after a wicket, retirement, or completed over.
Incoming batter
Choose the missing striker or non-striker from the eligible list, then confirm the selection. Eligible returning retired-hurt batters appear first.
Eligible replacement — Choose the actual player arriving at the crease and confirm before recording another ball.
No replacement available — Use Innings actions if officials have ended the innings. Do not select an ineligible player just to enable scoring.
New over — Strike changes automatically when the over ends. Choose Next bowler and start the next over.
Previous bowler unavailable — The previous-over bowler is excluded because consecutive overs are not allowed. Choose an eligible different bowler.
After this step
Finish the lineup change shown after a wicket, retirement, or completed over.
5Record retired hurt or finalize retired outUse Retire batter between deliveries and select the affected Active batter.
Retirement
Choose the outcome confirmed by officials.
Retired hurt — Choose Retired hurt and then Injury, Illness, or Other unavoidable cause. Record retired hurt removes the batter from the active pair without adding a wicket.
Return after retiring hurt — When a later wicket or retirement opens a batting position, select the eligible returning batter from the incoming list and confirm. There is no separate return button while both batting positions are occupied.
Finalize retired out — Choose this only after officials confirm the batter will not resume. Tick the official-confirmation checkbox and choose Finalize retired out.
Retired-out effect — The team loses a wicket. No delivery or bowler wicket is recorded, and the batter is not eligible to return as retired hurt.
Choose the replacement — After saving either retirement, select the incoming batter before the next delivery.
After this step
Use Retire batter between deliveries and select the affected Active batter.
6Correct strike and finish the inningsCheck the active pair and the official innings decision before continuing.
Change strike
Use Change strike between the two active batters to swap the displayed ends. Both batters must be selected. Check the change before recording the next ball.
Undo last
Undo last scoring event reverses the latest active event. If an error is earlier, work backwards carefully and re-enter the official sequence. A completed result requires the approved correction workflow.
Innings actions
Choose the official Innings end reason before confirming.
Completed — Use when the innings allocation has finished.
All out — Use when the side's innings is all out under its configured rules.
Target reached — Use when the chasing side has reached the target.
Declared / closed — Use only for an official declaration or closure.
Team retired — Use for the official team retirement decision.
Verify the next state
Check the innings summary, scorecard, next-innings setup, or final result after saving. A busy or failed action is not a confirmed score update.
After this step
Check the active pair and the official innings decision before continuing.

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Record extras, detailed dismissals, batter retirement, strike changes, and innings transitions from the cricket scoring controls.

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