Required run rate

In cricket, the required run rate, or asking rate, is the run rate (the average number of runs per over) the batting side must achieve in order to win the present match. Expressed differently, it is the total number of runs required of the batting team to win the match, divided by the total number of overs remaining in the match.[1]

Scoreboard showing required run rate (1.3).

The required run rate is typically a statistic that is tracked in real-time during a limited-overs match, including Twenty20 and One Day International matches. It is usually shown in the second innings, when the side batting in that innings is chasing the other's run total from the first innings.[2] Higher required run rates are more difficult to achieve, since batsmen are forced to score more runs within a limited number of deliveries from the bowling side.[3] The required run rate can also be used in Test cricket, usually in the fourth innings of a match, when the batting side is chasing the opposing team's total with a limited number of possible overs left to play, though use of the term is less common in this form of the game.[4]

In recent times, required run rates have often tended to be particularly high as batting sides have grown increasingly accustomed to chasing high run totals, especially in Twenty20 cricket.[5]

See also

References
  1. Owen Lewis. Runs, wickets, overs... and maths? BBC.
  2. England v Bangladesh: ICC Champions Trophy 2017 – as it happened. The Guardian.
  3. Andrew Ramsey. Durban disaster proves no ODI total is safe. Cricket Australia.
  4. Over-by-over: morning session. The Guardian.
  5. ESPNcricinfo. In modern day cricket, no required run rate is too high. ESPNcricinfo on Twitter.
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