Run rate

For the accountancy term, see Run rate (accounting).
Scoreboard showing Run rate achieved in the innings so far (5.4, that is, 204 ÷ 38), and Run rate required from this point onwards to win (1.3).
Scoreboard showing Run rate achieved in the innings so far (5.4, that is, 204 ÷ 38), and Run rate required from this point onwards to win (1.3).

In cricket, the run rate (RR), or runs per over (RPO), is the average number of runs a batting side scores per over.[1] It includes all runs made by the batting side in the innings to that point of the game, both the runs scored by the batsmen and extras conceded by the bowling team.

  1. ^ Macintosh, Iain (2012). Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cricket But Were Too Afraid to Ask. London: A & C Black. p. 120. ISBN 9781408174340. Retrieved 11 November 2014.