Cricket Run Rate Calculator

Cricket overs are written in a notation that looks decimal but isn't — 25.3 means 25 complete overs plus 3 individual balls, not 25.3 overs as a fraction of ten. This calculator's first job is converting that notation into true fractional overs by treating the digit after the decimal as balls out of six (so .3 becomes 3/6, not 0.3), and it does this separately for both overs completed and total overs in the match, since mixing the two notations would silently corrupt every rate that follows. Current run rate is just current runs divided by those true overs completed. Overs remaining is the true total overs minus true overs completed, floored at zero.

Projected score extrapolates forward: it takes your current run rate and assumes it holds steady for every remaining over, adding that to your current total — a simple linear projection that ignores factors like a batting side accelerating in the death overs, wickets in hand, or bowling changes, which is why real projected scores in a live broadcast often diverge from this number. Required run rate only becomes meaningful once you enter a target greater than zero (leave it at 0 to use this purely as a first-innings scoring projector instead of a chase calculator); it's the runs still needed divided by the overs left. Run deficit is target minus projected score, so a positive number means the team is currently projected to fall short, and a negative number means they're on pace to clear the target with overs to spare.