Cricket points system — batting, bowling, fielding

T20 scoring rewards wickets and dot balls more than ODI scoring, because the dot-ball pressure compounds over twenty overs rather than fifty. A wicket in a T20 is worth a 25-point base + the captain multiplier; the same wicket in an ODI is worth the 25-point base + the captain multiplier, but the dot-ball pressure is spread across fifty overs rather than twenty. The desk publishes both reference tables — the T20 table is the headline; the ODI table is the secondary.

ODI scoring rewards bigger totals and longer partnerships. The half-century bonus (+8) and the century bonus (+16) are the same across formats. The strike-rate adjustment is also consistent — a 150+ strike rate in the death overs in a T20 +2 bonus; the same rule doesn’t apply in ODIs (where the average strike rate is lower).

Test scoring is closer to a per-day model. The captain pick is reset per innings, which means a Test captain carry happens when the same player is captain in both innings. Half-century bonuses are doubled for a double-century. Five-wicket hauls carry the same +8 as T20.

Most T20 contests carry strike-rate and economy bonuses that move the lineup by 1–4 points per player. The strike-rate bonus rewards batters who score at above 150 in the death overs (+2), and the economy bonus rewards bowlers who go at under six runs an over (+4). The bonuses aren’t large enough to change the captain matrix, but they’re large enough to make the role-balance chart matter.

The bonuses have format-specific rules. In T20, the strike-rate bonus kicks in only in the death overs (overs 16–20). In T10, the bonus kicks in across the full innings. In ODIs, the strike-rate bonus is usually disabled — because the average strike rate in an ODI is lower than in a T20.

Three points-system rules catch users out most often. The first is the strike-rate threshold — in T20 contests, the death-overs strike-rate bonus kicks in only if the batter scores at above 150 in the death overs (overs 16–20). A batter who scores 30 off 18 in the death overs at strike-rate 166.7 triggers the bonus; a batter who scores 20 off 14 at strike-rate 142.9 doesn’t. The threshold varies by operator.

The second is the economy-rate bonus — in T20 contests, the economy bonus kicks in only if the bowler goes at under six runs an over in the middle overs (overs 7–15). A bowler who goes at 5.8 triggers the bonus; a bowler who goes at 6.2 doesn’t. The threshold varies.

The third is the golden-duck penalty — in T20 contests, a batter dismissed first ball loses a small number of points (typically -2). The penalty is meant to discourage selecting all-rounder batters who open the order, but it catches the captain pick more often than the rest of the lineup. The captain matrix scores this penalty against players with a recent golden-duck frequency.

Tie-breakers decide the rank when two players score the same total points. Most T20 contests use the same tie-breaker hierarchy: captain multiplier first (the player whose captain multiplier is higher ranks higher), strike rate second (the player with the higher strike rate ranks higher), and lowest selection percentage third (the player owned by fewer lineups ranks higher). The hierarchy is published on the operator’s scoring-rules page.

Where the tie-breaker hierarchy is exhausted and the two players still score the same, the prize is split. Most operators split the prize pool for the tied positions; a few operators use a coin flip. The desk publishes the operator’s tie-breaker rule on the operator page.