Scoring (cricket)
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The score of a cricket team whose innings is in progress is given as the number of runs they have scored "for" the number of wickets their opponents have taken. For example, a team that has scored 100 runs and lost three wickets has a score of "a hundred for three", written 100-3. A team that is dismissed having scored 300 runs is said to have a score of "three hundred all out" (or, confusingly, to be "all out for three hundred"), rather than "three hundred for ten"; the score for the innings is then simply written 300. However, if a team declares their innings closed, the number of wickets is included in their score for the innings, for example 300-8d.
In a two innings match, the scores of each team for their two innings are given separately. An example of a score for a two innings match in progress would be: Team A 240 & 300-7d, Team B 225 & 130-4. This indicates that Team A in their first innings scored 240 runs, and Team B made 225 in reply. Team A then made 300 for 7 in their second innings, declaring it closed, and Team B are currently 130 for 4.
The exception to this is Australia, where it is conventional to reverse the wickets and runs scored, so that what would be written 300-5 elsewhere in the world is written and said 5-300 in Australia.
The notation used for cricket scores (large number, dash, small number) has led to the use of the term cricket score to describe a very one-sided scoreline in other sports such as rugby and football (soccer).
