Cricket Required Run Rate Calculator
Chasing a target? Enter target, score and overs to get current run rate, runs needed and required run rate.
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About this calculator
A run chase comes down to two numbers: how fast you are scoring, and how fast you must score. The current run rate is simply your score divided by the overs you have faced. The required run rate is the runs still needed divided by the overs still remaining. If the required rate climbs above your current rate, the chase is slipping away; if it falls below, you are ahead of the game.
Overs in this calculator use cricket notation, the way commentators write them: 40.3 means 40 overs and 3 balls, not 40.3 decimal overs. The tool converts everything to balls first, so the arithmetic is exact — a 10-over remainder is 60 balls, and 100 runs needed off 60 balls is exactly 10.00 per over.
Worked example: chasing 250, your team is 150 after 40 overs with 10 overs left. Runs needed are 100, overs remaining are 10, so the required run rate is 10.00 per over. If no balls are left and the target is not reached, the tool says so plainly instead of showing an impossible infinite rate.
One honest limit: the calculator treats the target as the runs needed to win. In a real match, a tie is possible one run short of the target, and rain rules (DLS) can reset the target entirely — this tool does not adjust for DLS.
How to use
- Enter the target runs (the total to win).
- Enter the current score.
- Enter overs bowled in cricket notation (e.g. 40.3 = 40 overs, 3 balls).
- Enter overs remaining the same way (e.g. 10).
- Read the current run rate, runs needed and required run rate.
Frequently asked questions
Do I type overs as 40.3 or 40.5?
Type them the way commentators write them: 40.3 means 40 overs and 3 balls. The tool converts overs to balls first, so 40.3 becomes 243 balls. Typing 40.6 is invalid, because an over has only 6 balls (0–5).
What happens if no balls are left?
If runs are still needed and no balls remain, the tool says the target was not reached. It never shows an infinite or meaningless required rate.
What does "Target reached" mean?
Your score has reached or passed the target — runs needed are zero or less. In a real match, one run short of the target would be a tie, not a win; the tool counts the target itself as the winning total.
Does this handle DLS (rain rules)?
No. DLS resets targets under its own formula when rain interrupts play. This calculator works from the target you enter, whatever it is.