run rate
Definition
Cricket
- noun the average number of runs scored by a team within a given period or number of balls; run rates are usually expressed as runs per over or runs per 100 ballsCitation ‘Ian Bradshaw’s heroic 25 overs on the trot for just 47 runs helped check the run-rate and also delay the declaration’ (Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, Cricinfo Magazine July 2006)Citation ‘As hesitant stroke-making and indecisive running led to three run-outs, the required run rate climbed to eight an over’ (Purandare 2005)
