The Middlesex ACO runs a number of courses and workshops for scorers over the close season. There are a number of skills required to become a scorer in cricket and we’re here to help you get to grips with all of them from the very basics, to advanced techniques.
New Education and Development Pathway for Scorers launched.
This pathway has been designed to provide a clear transparent process and structured learning approach to help equip scorers to operate across all levels of our game, blending learning opportunities and in-game experience, against a structured competence framework that allows scorers to be clear on the expected knowledge required to suitably service the game.
The following diagram shows the ECB Scoring Pathway:
The new educational offer supporting the ECB Scoring Pathway is set out below:
Further information on the ECB Scoring Pathway can be found here: Scoring Pathway Doc
or please contact the Middlesex ACO Lead Scorer – Education via scorers@middlesexaco.com
ECB Scoring Course
Launching in 2027, this online course will provide those new to scoring with the basics in scoring both in traditional box style book and using the Play-Cricket Scorer App.
Further information and link will be published in New Year.
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Modules
To advance along the scorer’s pathway the following continuous professional development modules are available to anyone from S5 onwards and all carry ECB ACO certificates of attendance.
Scoring Techniques
This session introduces scorers to regular, repeatable scoring routines to ensure accuracy when scoring, how the umpiring and scoring teams work together for the smooth running of the game, key Laws of Cricket and how to accurately record penalty runs.
Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS)
This module is designed to explain the Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS) method of setting a revised target when there has been a suspension in play in a one-day match. It looks at the brief history of DLS and introduces scorers to the theory behind DLS, the theory to manually calculate DLS target scores, the terminology involved and how to use the DLS calculators within PCS Pro and the Play-Cricket Scoring App.
Linear Scoring
This session introduces scorers to Linear Scoring, explains the theory behind it, why a scorer might choose to use Linear Scoring and teaches the method by putting the skills into practise to improve the scorer’s competence and confidence.
Statistics
This session introduces scorers to the theory and relevance of certain statistics that are required of a scorer to perform during a game, understanding how to record and report on relevant interruptions both when scoring manually and electronically.
PCS-Pro Scoring
This session introduces scorers to scoring cricket matches via the Play-Cricket Scorer Professional (PCS-Pro) software and database, covering all key aspects from fixture creation and team selection to methodology on how to score a match and finalise the result accurately.
Dates and venues for the above along with link to register will be published in the New Year
To register for any of the above Continuous Professional Development (CPD) modules click on the link below
ECB ACO Scorer courses – Find a course
ECB Scoring Development Programme
Launching in 2027, the ECB Scoring Development Programme will support the additional learning of scorers who are looking for progression from the Representative Game Scorer – Professional (S2) to the Professional Game Scorer (S1) levels. This programme will cover the key differences from operating in 2nd XI professional men’s cricket through to the full professional game, including the key regulations around anti-corruption, working practices in the professional game and working with key stakeholders (for example broadcast colleagues, match managers, etc).