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Strike rate and batting average calculator
How fast a batter scores and how many runs they make each time they are out. Not-outs add runs without a dismissal, and a list of scores gives you the whole season at once.
The batter
Strike rate132.50runs per 100 balls
Average53.001 dismissal
Boundary runs57%30 from 6×4, 1×6
Balls a boundary5.77 boundaries
53 runs off 40 balls is a strike rate of 132.50. With 1 dismissal, the average is 53.00.
From a list of scores
Innings93 not out
Runs316
Average52.676 dismissals
Highest101*
50s2
100s1
Ducks1
Read 9 scores: 45, 12*, 0, 101*, 7, 63, 0*, 38, 50. Skipped 1 that isn't an innings (dnb).
Strike rate, average and the not-out question
Strike rate is runs per 100 balls faced: 53 off 40 balls is 53 ÷ 40 × 100 = 132.50. It tells you how quickly a batter scores, which matters most in short formats. Scorers count a no-ball the batter receives as a ball faced, but not a wide, and runs from byes, leg byes and wides never go to the batter.
Batting average is runs divided by the number of times out, not by innings. A not-out adds runs but no dismissal, so 30*, 40* and 20 is 90 runs for one dismissal: an average of 90, higher than any of the three scores. A batter who has never been out has no average yet; scorecards usually show a dash.
The two numbers answer different questions. A finisher who often comes in for the last few overs may have a high strike rate and a modest average; an opener in a long game may be the other way round. Put them side by side, and look at boundary share, to see how a batter gets their runs.
For a season, paste the scores into the second box: it counts innings, not-outs, fifties, hundreds and ducks (out for nought; 0* is not a duck), then sends the totals to the calculator above.
Sources
- ICC. ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 Playing Conditions, clauses 18.10 (which runs are credited to the striker and which are extras), 22.7 (runs from a wide are scored as wides) and 25.4 (retired not out and retired out). ICC playing conditions (PDF)
- MCC. Laws of Cricket, Law 18: Scoring runs. lawsofcricket.lords.org
Questions
Why isn't the average just runs divided by innings?
Because a not-out innings hasn't ended: the batter might have scored more. Dividing by dismissals instead treats every innings as part of one long knock that is only interrupted when the batter is out.
What counts as a good strike rate?
It depends on the format and the job. A rate that looks slow in a 20-over game can be brisk in a two-innings match, where staying in matters more. Compare batters in the same format and a similar role.
Do retired-hurt innings count as not out?
Yes. A batter who retires through illness or injury and doesn't come back is recorded as retired not out, so mark the score with a star. A batter who retires for any other reason and doesn't resume is recorded as retired out, which counts as a dismissal.