EDITORIAL POLICY
Sources, examples & corrections.
How this publication separates a rule, an explanation, an illustration and a promotional link.
Primary rules come first
We use MCC for the Laws of Cricket and ICC or the relevant competition for playing conditions. A tournament may modify the underlying Law. We identify the event when a detail comes from event-specific regulations instead of implying that it applies to every game.
The reviewed date is 5 September 2026. MCC’s fourth edition of the 2017 Code is scheduled to take effect on 1 October 2026; publication of that document does not make every change universally current before then. Our source notes distinguish the editions and any playing-condition differences.
Examples are teaching material
Worked scores, batters and over sequences are illustrative. They are not an observed match, a statistical sample or a forecast. Calculations are checked against legal deliveries, including the difference between cricket over notation and decimal notation. A fictional worked example is never labelled original research about real players.
Tools have a defined scope
The calculators display formulas and validate their input boundaries. The standard NRR tool does not calculate DLS adjustments or combine a tournament ledger. The field diagram is schematic and deliberately shows a vocabulary of positions rather than claiming to be a legal full team setup.
Production and review
This publication uses AI-assisted research, writing and software development. Before publication, the page is checked for its arithmetic, applicable source, worked examples, links and rendering. That process is not a substitute for an official umpire’s decision or for a competition’s own rules. Articles do not carry invented expert biographies or simulated reader reviews.
Corrections
Send the article address, the sentence or example in question, and a reliable source to the shared editorial/support inbox. Please use “Cricket Fieldnotes correction” in the subject. If a correction changes the meaning of a published explanation, we will update the text and add a dated note; small spelling repairs need not alter the factual review date.
Commercial independence of the explanation
RS9 links are promotional and visibly labelled. The learning content is accessible without registration, download or payment. We make no claim that understanding cricket rules improves gambling outcomes, and we do not publish guaranteed-result claims.