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Strike rate and economy rate calculator
Batting strike rate is runs × 100 ÷ balls faced, so 45 off 30 balls is 150.00. Economy rate is runs conceded ÷ overs bowled with overs as true decimals, so 31 off 3.4 overs (3.667) is 8.45, not 9.12. The calculator also gives batting average, bowling average and bowling strike rate.
Work out batting and bowling figures
Balls faced include no-balls but not wides. Times out is only needed for a batting average.
Runs conceded include wides and no-balls but not byes or leg byes. Overs are overs.balls: 3.4 is 3 overs and 4 balls. For The Hundred, count in balls.
Enter the runs and the balls faced. Add the times out for an average.
The formulas
| Stat | Formula | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Batting strike rate | runs × 100 ÷ balls faced | 45 off 30 = 150.00 |
| Batting average | runs ÷ times out | 523 runs, 11 times out = 47.55 |
| Economy rate | runs conceded ÷ overs bowled (true decimal) | 31 off 3.4 overs = 8.45 |
| Bowling average | runs conceded ÷ wickets | 31 runs, 2 wickets = 15.50 |
| Bowling strike rate | balls bowled ÷ wickets | 22 balls, 2 wickets = 11.0 |
Strike rate means two different stats. For a batter it is runs per 100 balls faced; for a bowler it is balls bowled per wicket. A bowler wants all three bowling figures (economy, average and strike rate) to be low; a batter wants a high strike rate and a high average.
What counts
- Balls faced include no-balls, because the batter faced them, but not wides.
- A batter's runs are runs off the bat only. Byes, leg byes, wides and no-ball penalty runs are extras.
- Runs conceded: Wides and no-balls count against the bowler; byes and leg byes do not.
- Balls bowled for economy and bowling strike rate are legal balls, the ones in the overs figure. Wides and no-balls add runs but not balls.
- The bowler's wickets are bowled, caught, lbw, stumped and hit wicket. A run out (or obstructing the field, timed out, hit the ball twice) is a dismissal for the batter but not a wicket for the bowler.
- Times out for a batting average: a not-out innings adds its runs but no dismissal.
For the extras themselves, see wides, no-balls, byes and leg byes. This over shows both sides of the same deliveries: the batter's balls faced and the bowler's runs conceded.
| Ball | Delivery | Score | Overs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 off the bat | 4/0 | 0.1 | Ball faced 1. Four to the batter, charged to the bowler. |
| 2 | Wide (1 run, bowled again) | 5/0 | 0.1 | Not a ball faced. The run counts against the bowler as a wide. |
| 3 | No-ball (5 runs, bowled again) | 10/0 | 0.1 | Ball faced 2, but not one of the over. The batter gets the 4; all 5 runs count against the bowler. |
| 4 | Dot ball | 10/0 | 0.2 | Ball faced 3. A dot ball. |
| 5 | 2 leg byes | 12/0 | 0.3 | Ball faced 4. The 2 leg byes are extras: not the batter's runs and not charged to the bowler. |
| 6 | 6 off the bat | 18/0 | 0.4 | Ball faced 5. Six to the batter. |
| 7 | 2 off the bat | 20/0 | 0.5 | Ball faced 6. |
| 8 | Dot ball | 20/0 | 1.0 | Ball faced 7 ends the over: 7 balls faced from 8 deliveries. |
Batter: 16 runs off the bat (4 + 4 + 6 + 2) from 7 balls faced (every delivery except the wide), a strike rate of 228.57. Bowler: 18 runs conceded (all 20 except the 2 leg byes) in 1 over, an economy rate of 18.00.
Worked examples: batting
| Innings | Runs | Balls faced | Times out | Strike rate | Average | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20 innings | 45 | 30 | 1 | 150.00 | 45.00 | Out for 45 off 30 balls. |
| Long innings | 100 | 142 | 0 | 70.42 | None yet | Not out, so no dismissal and no average from this innings alone. |
| A season | 523 | 410 | 11 | 127.56 | 47.55 | 14 innings, 3 of them not out, so 11 times out. |
Strike rate = runs × 100 ÷ balls faced. Average = runs ÷ times out.
Worked examples: bowling
| Figures | Balls | Economy | Average | Strike rate | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-0-32-2 | 24 | 8.00 | 16.00 | 12.0 | A full T20 spell of 4 overs. |
| 3.4-0-31-2 | 22 | 8.45 | 15.50 | 11.0 | A part over: 3.4 is 22 balls, or 3.667 overs. |
| 10-1-52-3 | 60 | 5.20 | 17.33 | 20.0 | A full 50-over spell of 10 overs. |
| 20 balls, 25 runs, 3 wickets | 20 | 1.25 a ball | 8.33 | 6.7 | The Hundred counts balls: 6.25 per five, 7.50 per six balls. |
Figures read overs-maidens-runs-wickets. Economy = runs ÷ overs, with overs as true decimals. 3.4 overs is 22 balls, or 3.667 overs, so 31 runs is 8.45 an over; dividing by 3.4 would wrongly give 9.12. The overs to balls converter explains the notation.
Edge cases
- Never out: with no dismissals there is no batting average yet; scorecards usually show a dash rather than a number.
- Out without facing a ball: a batter run out at the non-striker's end, or stumped off a wide, can be out with 0 balls faced. There is no strike rate, but the dismissal still counts in the batting average.
- No wickets: a bowler without a wicket has an economy rate but no bowling average or strike rate.
- The Hundred: figures are kept in balls, not overs. Choose Balls in the bowling calculator and the economy is shown per ball, per five and per six balls.
- Rain and DLS: the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method changes targets, not these formulas, and this calculator does not apply DLS to anything.
How the app handles it
Sport Score Tracker keeps the team score ball by ball, not individual scorecards, so it does not record a batter's strike rate or a bowler's figures and economy. With Pro, History shows each innings' run rate, fours, sixes, maiden overs, dot-ball percentage and extras split into wides and no-balls after the match; without Pro only the score row is shown.
Questions
How do you calculate strike rate in cricket?
For a batter, multiply the runs by 100 and divide by the balls faced: 45 off 30 balls is 150.00. For a bowler, strike rate means something else: balls bowled per wicket.
How do you calculate economy rate?
Divide the runs conceded by the overs bowled, with the overs as a true decimal. 32 runs off 4 overs is 8.00; 31 runs off 3.4 overs is 31 ÷ 3.667 = 8.45.
Do wides count as balls faced?
No. A wide is not a ball faced by the batter, and it is not one of the over, but it does count against the bowler. A no-ball does count as a ball faced.
What is the difference between bowling average and bowling strike rate?
Bowling average is runs conceded per wicket; bowling strike rate is balls bowled per wicket. 31 runs and 2 wickets from 22 balls is an average of 15.50 and a strike rate of 11.0.
How are not-outs handled in a batting average?
A not-out innings adds its runs but not a dismissal. 523 runs in 14 innings with 3 not outs is 523 ÷ 11 = 47.55.
Last reviewed September 25, 2026
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