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title: "Strike Rate & Batting Average Calculator | Trend Cricket"
description: "Batting strike rate (runs per 100 balls) and batting average with not-outs handled properly, plus 50s, 100s and ducks from a list of scores."
url: https://trendcricket.buzz/strike-rate-calculator/
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Batting · strike rate & average

# 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.

## 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.

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## 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)](https://images.icc-cricket.com/image/upload/prd/yyt7m8uh9c1uehrbvuwb.pdf)
- MCC. *Laws of Cricket*, Law 18: Scoring runs. [lawsofcricket.lords.org](https://lawsofcricket.lords.org/laws-of-cricket/the-over-scoring-runs-dead-ball-and-extras/scoring-runs)

## 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.