Cricket Scorers Untallied – Details, episodes & analysis

In which, Sue, Jules and Brian are joined by guest Richard Isaacs to talk about providing statistics for cricket commentators and in particular the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA in June 2024.

Along the way the quartet discuss: disability cricket at Lord's; the Vatican v the Bishop's Conference; providing broadcast statistics; maintaining personal well being while working from home; scorers in the corner; working as a team; scoring as the best job in the world; statistical story telling; cricket stats databases; the hunt for historical records; cracking the USA; frisbee throwing above cricket; the oldest cricket fixture of all time; international T20 stats; scorer recognition.

Yes we really did cram all that and more into 40 minutes and asked the 4 key questions:

• What do you call a group of 5 balls?
• Has that happened before?
• Who are the scorers?
• Does the pope play cricket?

We also came up with some topics for future episodes, so stay tuned for more and make sure to keep in touch with Cricket Scorers Untallied via the usual channels.
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In which Julia Farman and Tom Rogers talk about their experience of scoring at The Oval (in London) on Refugee Day 2024. Also mentioned are: Streatham & Marlborough CC; Displaying milestones; Refugee cricket; Publishing players' names and images; Play-Cricket display names; Registering players; Merging players on Play-Cricket; Asking permission; Scoreboard operators.

There must be a serious lack of cake at The Oval, as it doesn't get a single mention in this episode!

Thank you to Tom for being an avid supporter of Cricket Scorers Untallied and for sharing your experiences with us in this episode.

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In which Jules, Brian and Sue discuss, MCC cricket tours, counting in Spanish, German and Italian, the rain in Spain, off spin in a Power Play, German women's cricket, scorer training in the UK, standing on your stumps on a Wide delivery, asking batters how they were out, scorers v statisticians and did Ocean Drive (sorry Grove) win or tie?

End of episode stats question: Who is the only female professional cricketer to have scored a century in Test, ODI and international T20 cricket?

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In which Brian, Jules, Mark and Sue do their best to create a podcast without producer Luke and discuss The Hundred, scoreboard layouts, The Hundred, Women's cricket, The Hundred, scoreboard operation, The Hundred, top and bottom sheets, The Hundred and and just in case you missed it, the 16.4.

Instead of an interview this week, the team discuss what 'The Hundred' is and share their experiences of working in this brand new format of cricket.

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In which Brian, Jules, Mark and Sue discuss Oxbridge, Ladies 100, County Cricket trials 'normal' cricket, the Oval, great take up for scorer training, the importance of taking paper back ups, Jules gets her 1st Class County Cap, different paces of cricket, when numbers don't always help, Sovereign Cup, smudge watch, handle ball, Old Merchant Taylors/Sailers, Brian's favourite umpire, Play Cricket Scorer App Vs. Pro, and Happy Birthday CSU!

Questions Asked: Should wides in PCS Pro be counted as deliveries in the partnership but not for balls faced by the batman

Instead of an interview this week, the team field questions about the PCS App. 

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In which Brian, Mark and Sue discuss records broken, timed breaks in play, over rates, Second XI, replacement designated non-batters, professional combined counties, from golf to cricket, concussion replacements, stumped on a technicality, The Hundred, Twenty20, live streaming of games, Countdown cricket, scoring against the match type, gentlemanly actions, 

Question Answered: Do you get the first run if the second run is not complete due to injury?

Questions Asked: How do you set up PCS Pro to include wides in a partnership? If you are setting up a friendly/ad hoc match in PCS Pro and something changes about the match regulations, how would you deal with that?

In this week's interview Sue talks to Sarah Berman about her experience as a scorer in Sydney.

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In which Brian, Jules, Mark and Sue discuss getting back to cricket, more COVID regs, some exciting catches, assists, unfair run outs, DLS, restarting the season, scoring for the first time, COVID best practice reminders,

Question Answered: What should scorers be doing to prepare for the new season?

Question Asked: Do you get the first run if the second run is not complete due to injury?

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In which Brian, Jules and Sue discuss post COVID roadmap action, training, PCS Pro V4 newsflash, PCS Pro and cameras, product placement in cricket, smoking during games, Tea, 6 Sixes, scorebox tours, Jules' panel and pathway perspective and preseason training.

Question Answered: What's the strangest condition or situation that you've scored in?

Question Asked: What should scorers be doing to prepare for the new season?

In this week's interview Sue talks to Debbie Beesley, Mel Smith and  Heather Vernon about County Scorer Panels.

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In which Brian, Jules, Mark and Sue discuss abnormal bail movements, scorer communication, walkie talkies, various notable achievements from around the cricket world, Brian recalls some games from his youth, catching catchers' shirt numbers, Third Umpires, sirens, bowling positions, umpire & scorer associations, the logistics of training scorers across the West Indies, Cricket Scorers Untallied on tour, Boxhill scoring, weatherproofing, a job advert in Somerset, DLS software, The 100, A request for Messrs Stern & Kendix, submission requests for you own 100 score sheets. 

Question Answered: Is PCS Pro/NV Play capable of handling The 100 and are there new score cards being made for the game?

Question Asked: What's the strangest condition or situation that you've scored in?

In this week's interview Mark talks to Suzanne Belle about scoring in Barbados.

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In which Brian, Jules, Mark and Sue discuss Zoom meetings, Chris Tindall, commission from Amazon sales, paper scoring rain covers, logging the number of games you've scored, the record for the most amount of dots balls at the start of a test match, other remarkable records, an Afghanistan Vs Ireland pop quiz, average rainfall in Abu Dhabi, a musical request, a bit of debate about last week's question.

Question Answered: A Batter runs a single and appears to pull a muscle in their leg and is taken off the pitch in a medical buggy, is listed as "retired hurt" and the team is listed as being "all out" at the end of the innings. In the second innings the Batter is listed as "absent hurt" and the team are again listed as "all out" at the end of the innings. Given that "retired hurt" is not mentioned in the Laws of Cricket, how should this have been recorded in the scorebook?

Question Asked: Is PCS Pro/NV Play capable of handling The 100 and are there new score cards being made for the game?

In this week's interview Sue talks to Andrew Hignell from Statistics Logistics.

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