Team runs versus a batter's score

The team total includes contributions beyond an individual batter's runs, including extras.

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Work through this situation

Two batters scoring 40 and 30 do not force the team total to be 70: other batters and extras can contribute. A batter's boundary count is also not a separate number to add again to the total.

What to check and why

Read a batter's row as that player's contribution and the team score as the innings total. Extras and other batters can explain why two visible individual scores do not sum to the total. Dismissed batters may have already contributed even though their names are not beside the current on-field pair.

Boundary counts explain part of a batter's score. Four fours contribute sixteen runs within that batter's total; you do not add another sixteen on top. Use the scorecard's named fields when reconciling figures, and keep penalty or extras information where the official record places it. A mismatch needs careful reading, not an assumption that the total is wrong.

Recognise the relevant screen

Cricket score graphic showing Gujarat Titans at 162 for 6 against PBKS
A cricket graphic dated 1 April 2026 illustrates score notation; it is not a current match feed.

In the score graphic below, 162-6 means 162 runs with six wickets lost. The graphic illustrates a team-score field; the worked figures elsewhere in this article are separate examples.

Keep the example tied to the match state

The numbers here are worked examples, not a live score feed. A real match needs the current teams, innings, score, overs, target when applicable and status. Rain, completed innings and competition-specific rules can change how a simple example applies. Use the official match record for changing figures, and do not treat a saved graphic as a current update.

What a completed answer looks like

Each score is attributed to its correct level without double-counting runs.

For a changing match, check the official fixture or scorecard again before using an earlier calculation.

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