🏏 Cricket Batting & Bowling Average Calculator
Enter a player’s runs, innings, not-outs and balls to get a batting average and strike rate, or runs, overs and wickets for a bowling average, economy rate and strike rate.
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What the figures mean
A batting average is runs divided by the number of times the batter was dismissed — not by innings. A not-out innings adds its runs but not a dismissal, which is why a batter who finishes unbeaten often lifts their average, and why a batter who has never been out has no average at all. Strike rate is runs per hundred balls faced, the measure of how quickly the runs came.
For bowlers, the average is runs conceded per wicket, economy is runs conceded per six-ball over, and strike rate is balls bowled per wicket. Overs are entered in cricket notation — 140.3 is 140 overs and 3 balls — and converted to balls before anything is divided, so economy comes out right.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Why does a not-out raise a batting average?
Because the average divides runs by dismissals. An unbeaten 50 adds 50 runs and no dismissal, so the runs are shared among the same number of outs. That is intentional — the batter was not out — but it means averages built on many not-outs, typical of lower-order and finishing batters, should be read with that in mind.
What is a good batting average?
It depends on the format and the batting position. In Test cricket an average around 40 marks a very good top-order batter and 50 an exceptional one; in limited-overs cricket, strike rate matters as much as average. Comparing players across formats or eras by average alone rarely tells the whole story.
What is the difference between bowling average and strike rate?
Average is runs conceded per wicket — how expensive each wicket was. Strike rate is balls bowled per wicket — how often a bowler takes one. A bowler can have a high strike rate but a low average if they are very economical, and the reverse for an attacking bowler who goes for runs.
How is economy rate calculated?
Runs conceded divided by overs bowled, with the overs converted properly: 7.4 overs is 7 overs and 4 balls, or 7.667 overs. So 32 runs off 7.4 overs is an economy of 4.17, not 4.32.