Cricket statistics

Cricket is a sport that generates a large number of statistics.

Bowling statistics

• Overs (O): The number of overs bowled.
• Balls (B): The number of balls bowled. Overs is more traditional, but balls is a more useful statistic because the number of balls per over has varied historically.
• Maiden Overs (M): The number of maiden overs (overs in which the bowler conceded zero runs) bowled.
• Runs (R): The number of runs conceded.
• Wickets (W): The number of wickets taken.
• Bowling analysis: A shorthand notation consisting of a bowler's Overs, Maidens, Runs conceded and Wickets taken (in that order), usually for a single innings but sometimes for other periods. For example, an analysis of 10-3-27-2 would indicate that the player bowled ten overs, of which three were maidens, conceded 27 runs and took two wickets.
• No balls (Nb): The number of no balls bowled.
• Wides (Wd): The number of wides bowled.
• Bowling Average (Ave): The average number of runs conceded per wicket. (Ave = Runs/W)
• Economy Rate (Econ): The average number of runs conceded per over. (Econ = 6 * Runs/Balls)
• Best Bowling (BB): The bowler's best bowling performance in an innings, defined as firstly the greatest number of wickets, secondly the fewest runs conceded for that number of wickets. (Thus, a performance of 7 for 102 is considered better than one of 6 for 19.)
• Five-wickets in an innings (5w): The number of innings in which the bowler took at least five wickets.
• Ten-wickets in a match (10w): The number of matches in which the bowler took at least ten wickets; recorded for Tests and first-class matches only.
• Strike Rate (SR): The average number of balls bowled per wicket taken. (SR = Balls/W)