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Cricket Batting Average Calculator: innings, not outs & dismissals
Work out runs per dismissal from a player’s aggregate scorecard figures. Enter innings actually batted, rather than matches played, and count not-out innings in the same period.
Enter your figures to calculate.
Batting average formula
Dismissals = innings batted − not-out innings. Batting average = total runs ÷ dismissals. A batter with 450 runs in 12 innings, including 3 not outs, has 9 dismissals and an average of 50.00. Dividing by all 12 innings would give runs per innings, a different measure.
What a not out changes
Consider two sample records with 300 runs from 10 innings. With no not outs the average is 30.00; with 4 not outs it is 50.00. Both have 30 runs per innings. This difference is why the inputs must come from one consistent record and why a small sample needs context.
Combining seasons correctly
If a first period has 120 runs and 4 dismissals, and a second has 200 runs and 5 dismissals, the combined average is 320 ÷ 9 = 35.56. Do not average the displayed 30.00 and 40.00. Keep Tests, ODIs, T20s or different club competitions separate unless you deliberately want a mixed-format aggregate.
Why does the result say “Not defined” when nobody has dismissed the batter?
Zero dismissals make the divisor zero. The tool does not turn that into zero, infinity or the player’s total runs. The player’s runs and innings remain meaningful even when the average is not yet defined.
Do I enter matches where the player did not bat?
No. Use innings batted. A match count can include matches without a batting innings and, in multi-innings cricket, is not the same as the number of innings.
What about retired hurt or retired out?
Use the official record’s innings and not-out classification. Do not infer the classification from the word “retired” alone. This tool performs arithmetic and does not adjudicate a dismissal.
Statistical definition reference: Manage & Scariano, batting average discussion. To measure scoring speed use batting strike rate; for a bowler use bowling average.
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