Paul's ECBACO Level 1 Ceritifcate in Scoring Cricket

I hope to include brief information here for those who respond to the Umpires - The Scorers.

Did you see that question somewhere on this website?

Q.11 - What Symbol should Scorers use to record a Bye in the scorebook?

Which one - Do you think is correct ?  - 1 2 3 or 4:

1. Ñ
2. c
3. Ê
4. r

Q.12 - What Symbol should Scorers use to record a Leg Bye in the scorebook?

1. s
2. c
3. Ê
4. r

COURSES:

My local Association The East Surrey Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association are running a number of courses:

More info please visit www.escusa.org.uk/training.html

Further Information:

Scoring is quite easy but a lot of people think it is complicated, This is not the case if you apply some basics as follows:

New scorers often get the NO BALL and WIDE symbols mixed up but remembering which is which is quite easy if you liken the WIDE symbol to the umpires signal for a WIDE - standing arms out to the side in the shape of a cross. So far, so good. However, it gets a little more complicated when a combination of elements are added to the run of events:

Q11 - Answer
To record a bye you should use No.4 and also record all byes in the extras box under byes.