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Duck in Cricket Explained: Golden, Diamond and Platinum Ducks, and How Scorers Record Them
What a duck is in cricket, how golden, diamond and platinum ducks differ, where sources disagree, what a pair and king pair are, and how a duck is recorded and counted in a batting average.
Abu Dhabi T10 2026: Format, Points Table and NRR Explained
The Abu Dhabi T10 returns on 7 November 2026 under new ownership. Here is the reported format, how a 30-match double round-robin settles the table, and a worked T10 net run rate example you can reuse.
Short Run in Cricket: What It Means, How Many Runs Count & What the Scorer Writes
What a short run is under Law 18, why the run is not scored, how boundaries override it, what deliberate short running costs (5 penalty runs), and how to record each case in the scorebook.
WBBL|12 (2026): Schedule, Finals Format, Points Table & How NRR Decides the Top Four
Everything to know about WBBL|12 starting 29 October 2026: the 43-match schedule, key fixtures, the three-match finals series, and how the points table and net run rate decide who hosts.
Cricket Scorecard Abbreviations Explained: c, b, lbw, st, nb, lb and More
A plain-English key to cricket scorecard and scorebook shorthand: how-out codes (c, b, lbw, st, run out), extras codes (b, lb, w, nb), and what 4nb, 1lb and n.o. mean.
Maiden Over in Cricket Explained: What Breaks a Maiden, and What Does Not
What a maiden over is, why a wide or no-ball spoils it but byes and leg byes do not, how a wicket maiden works, what happens when two bowlers share an over, and how scorers record it.
Hat-Trick in Cricket Explained: What Counts, What Breaks It, and How Scorers Record It
The hat-trick rule in cricket explained: which dismissals count, why run outs do not, what a wide or no-ball does, how a hat-trick spans overs and innings, and how a scorer confirms one from the ball-by-ball record.
Substitute Fielder Rules in Cricket: What a Sub Can and Cannot Do (and How Runners Fit In)
What the Laws of Cricket let a substitute fielder do, why they cannot bowl or captain, when a substitute can keep wicket, how long an absent fielder is kept from bowling, what happened to runners, and how a scorer records a substitute catch.
Cricket Economy Rate Explained: The Formula, the 3.4-Overs Trap and What Counts as a Good Economy
Economy rate is runs conceded per over, but the maths goes wrong the moment a bowler has a part-over. This guide gives the formula, the 3.4-overs mistake, what is charged to the bowler, and how to judge a good economy in your own league.
Tie vs Draw vs No Result in Cricket: What Each Means, and How the Scorer and the League Table Treat Them
A tie, a draw and a no result are three different things in cricket, and mixing them up causes real arguments over league points and net run rate. Here is what each means under Law 16, when it applies, and what to write in the scorebook.
Cricket Scoring Apps With No Login: What You Gain, What You Give Up, and How to Score Safely as a Guest
Need to score a match right now without registering? Here is how no-login cricket scoring works, what a guest account typically cannot do, a checklist for scoring offline on a poor-signal ground, and how CricPulse's Continue as Guest option behaves.
Dead Ball in Cricket Explained: When the Ball Is Dead, What Still Counts, and What the Scorer Records
The ball is 'dead' the moment play stops counting — but that one word decides whether runs, wickets and even the delivery itself go in the book. Here is when Law 20 makes a ball dead, how it interacts with boundaries, run outs, no-balls and the end of an over, and what a scorer should and shouldn't enter.
Asian Games 2026 Cricket: India Retain Gold in Both Events — Format, Groups and Final Result
Cricket at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games ran 17 September to 3 October across two T20 tournaments. India's women and men both won gold. Here is the full format, both groups, the rain-hit quarter-finals and how the men's final finished.
The Free Hit Rule in Cricket Explained: Why It Is Not a Law, and What Changes for the Next Ball
Every no-ball in limited-overs cricket earns a free hit — but the free hit itself is not one of the 42 Laws of Cricket. Here's where the rule actually comes from, exactly which dismissals are still possible, how a chain of no-balls extends it, and what the scorer has to record differently.
Overthrows and Boundary Rules in Cricket Explained: Four vs Six, and Why a 2019 World Cup Final Six Still Gets Argued Over
Every batter knows four is on the ground and six is in the air. Fewer people can explain exactly how an overthrow gets scored, why a fielder's fingertip on the ball doesn't always cost the six, or why cricket's most famous overthrow — the 2019 World Cup final — is still debated on the exact number of runs.