Some cricket statisticians who keep score unofficially for the printed and broadcast media have become quite famous, for instance Bill Frindall, who scored for the BBC radio commentary team from 1966 to 2008, and Jo King. The official scorers occasionally make mistakes, but unlike umpires' mistakes these may be corrected after the event. In the English county game, the scorers also keep score on a computer that updates a central server, to meet the demands of the online press that scores should be as up-to-date as possible.
For many important matches, unofficial scorers keep tally for the broadcast commentators and newspaper journalists allowing the official scorers to concentrate undisturbed. The media also ask to be notified of records, statistics and averages.
For instance, cricket authorities often require information about matters such as the rate at which teams bowled their overs. While the scorers' role is clearly defined under the Laws of Cricket to be merely the recording of runs, wickets and overs, and the constant checking of the accuracy of their records with each other and with the umpires, in practice a modern scorer's role is complicated by other requirements. In contrast, scoring in the modern game has become a specialism, particularly for international and national cricket competitions. In early times runs scored were sometimes simply recorded by carving notches on a stick – this root of the use of the slang term "notches" for "runs". Sometimes details of occurrences between deliveries, or incidental details like the weather, are recorded. It is often possible to tell from a modern scorecard the time at which everything occurred, who bowled each delivery, which batsman faced it, whether the batsman left the ball or played and missed, or which direction the batsman hit the ball and whether runs were scored. Scorers also sometimes produce their own scoring sheets to suit their techniques, and some use coloured pens to highlight events such as wickets, or differentiate the actions of different batsmen or bowlers. More sophisticated score books allow for the recording of more detail, and other statistics such as the number of balls faced by each batsman. Simple score books allow the recording of each batsman's runs, their scores and mode of dismissal, the bowlers' analyses, the team score and the score at the fall of each wicket. While it is possible to keep score using a pencil and plain paper, scorers often use pre-printed scoring books, and these are commercially available in many different styles. So that the umpire knows that they have seen each signal, the scorers are required to immediately acknowledge it. This is the job of the umpires on the field of play, who signal to the scorers in cases of ambiguity such as when runs are to be given as extras rather than credited to the batsmen, or when the batsman is to be awarded a boundary 4 or 6. The scorers have no say in whether runs or extras are scored, wickets taken or overs bowled.
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In professional games, in compliance with the Laws of Cricket, two scorers are appointed, most often one provided by each team. The scorer is someone appointed to record all runs scored, all wickets taken and, where appropriate, the number of overs bowled. Keegan Petersen then joined Elgar in the middle and stitched a 21-run stand off 85 balls to end the day at 35/1 at Stumps, trailing India by 167 runs.Scoring in cricket matches involves two elements – the number of runs scored and the number of wickets lost by each team. In response, the hosts lost Aiden Markram in the 4th over as Mohammed Shami trapped him LBW for 7. While Jansen bagged 4, Rabada and Olivier scalped 3 wickets each. Ashwin departed for a 50-ball 46 and eventually, India were bowled out for 202. Soon after the resumption, their 40-run stand was ended by Jansen as he dismissed Pant on 17. R Ashwin then came out to bat with positive intent, smashing four boundaries to take India to 146/5 with Rishabh Pant at Tea. Rahul then went on to bring up 50 in the innings but was dismissed on the same score 5 balls later by Jansen. They failed to add more runs as Kagiso Rabada sent Vihari packing on 20. In the second session, Huname Vihari and skipper Rahul steadied India's ship with a 42-run solid stand. At Lunch, despite KL Rahul's unbeaten 19, India found themselves at 53/3. He then bagged two in two as Ajinkya Rahane was sent packing on a golden duck. Cheteshwar Pujara didn't last long as he was dismissed by a sharp short ball from Duanne Oliver on 3. Right after the drinks break, a well-set Mayank Agarwal was caught behind off Marco Jansen on 26. India vs South Africa Highlights, 2nd Test, Day 1: After electing to bat, openers Mayank Agarwal and Rahul have gotten off to a solid start against South Africa.