Batting Average Calculator
SportsCalculate cricket batting average from runs scored and times dismissed in seconds. Free tool for players, coaches, and fantasy cricket fans tracking form.
Batting Average
50
Total Runs
500
What is a Batting Average?
The Batting Average Calculator computes a cricket batter's batting average — total runs scored divided by the number of times they've been dismissed — using the standard cricket convention. Enter your total runs and dismissals, and get an instant, precise average.
This calculator uses the cricket convention (runs ÷ dismissals) as its primary formula, distinct from baseball's batting average (hits ÷ at-bats), which follows a different calculation entirely.
How to use this Batting Average calculator
Enter your total runs scored across the innings you want to include in the calculation.
Enter the number of times you were dismissed (out) — not the total number of innings played, since 'not out' innings don't count as dismissals.
Read your batting average instantly in the result panel.
Recalculate anytime by updating either number as your season progresses.
Formula & Methodology
Batting average (cricket convention): Batting Average = Total Runs Scored ÷ Times Dismissed Worked example: Runs scored = 480, Times dismissed = 12 Batting Average = 480 ÷ 12 = 40.00 Note: This calculator uses the cricket convention specifically. For measuring how quickly those runs were scored, pair this with the Strike Rate Calculator, and for a bowler's equivalent statistic, see the Bowling Average Calculator.
Frequently Asked Questions
In cricket, batting average is a batter's total runs scored divided by the number of times they've been dismissed (got out), reflecting how many runs they typically contribute per innings before getting out. It's the single most-cited statistic for judging a batter's consistency and scoring ability.
Cricket batting average is runs scored divided by number of dismissals (outs), while baseball batting average is hits divided by at-bats — a fundamentally different ratio, since baseball counts every plate appearance as a chance to fail, whereas cricket only counts innings where the batter was actually dismissed, ignoring 'not out' innings entirely.
If a batter finishes an innings 'not out' (undismissed, often because the team's innings ended or they ran out of partners), that innings doesn't count as a dismissal in the average calculation — this is why very good batters who often remain not out can have averages that look inflated relative to their total runs and innings played.
In Test cricket, an average above 50 is considered excellent (reserved for the sport's best batters historically), 40-50 is very good for an international player, and 30-40 is solid for a regular batter — averages in shorter formats like T20 are typically lower since batters take more risks for faster scoring.
Yes — batting average doesn't account for scoring speed (see the [Strike Rate Calculator](/strike-rate-calculator/)) or match situation, so a batter who scores slowly but rarely gets out can have a high average without being especially valuable in a fast-scoring format like T20 or ODI cricket.
Enter your total runs scored across however many innings you're tracking, then enter the number of times you were dismissed (out) in those innings — not the total number of innings played, since 'not out' innings are excluded from the divisor.
If you have zero dismissals, batting average is technically undefined (division by zero) since there's no denominator to divide by — this calculator treats zero dismissals as one to avoid an error, but in practice this scenario would be reported simply as 'undefined' or with the innings played shown separately, common for a player with only not-out innings.
Batting average measures how many runs a batter accumulates before getting out (a consistency and volume metric), while [strike rate](/strike-rate-calculator/) measures how quickly those runs are scored relative to balls faced (a tempo metric) — the two together give a fuller picture of a batter's value than either alone.
Batting average is still tracked in T20 leagues, but selectors and analysts typically weight strike rate more heavily in that format, since T20 rewards fast scoring over long survival at the crease — a batter with a modest average but very high strike rate can still be extremely valuable.
Batting average and [bowling average](/bowling-average-calculator/) are inverse in spirit — for batters, a higher average is better (more runs per dismissal), while for bowlers, a lower average is better (fewer runs conceded per wicket taken).
Yes — the formula (runs ÷ dismissals) applies at any level of cricket, from youth and club matches to international Test cricket, so you can track your own or your team's batting statistics across a season regardless of the competition level.
This calculator uses the cricket convention (runs scored ÷ times dismissed) as its primary formula. Baseball batting average follows a different convention (hits ÷ at-bats, expressed as a three-decimal number like .300) and is not the calculation performed here.
Also known as