COMEReading wickets lost in a cricket score
The number after the slash in a team score usually shows wickets lost. Interpret it with the innings total and match format.
Read a simple example
In the illustrative score 65/3, the batting team has 65 runs and has lost three wickets. The number three is not the target, remaining overs or number of batters currently at the crease.
Add the innings context
Wickets indicate how much batting resource has been used, but runs, overs and the target also matter. Comparing 65/3 after six overs with the same score after fifteen overs requires different context. Neither score alone predicts an outcome.
Use the official status
A completed innings can end because of its allotted overs or because it is all out, among other match circumstances. Read the scorecard's status rather than assuming every final total ended in the same way.
A useful next step
Use the IPL overview to read wickets alongside overs, innings and target.
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