--- title: Can Cricket Be Made Fairer Without Changing the Rules? description: T20 cricket produces a significant number of 'false runs' — roughly 9–12% of a team's total score — from mistimed or poorly executed shots. The post proposes a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/can-cricket-be-made-fairer-without-changing-the-rules--auy0ifohj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Can Cricket Be Made Fairer Without Changing the Rules? | daily.dev og:description: T20 cricket produces a significant number of 'false runs' — roughly 9–12% of a team's total score — from mistimed or poorly executed shots. The post proposes a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/can-cricket-be-made-fairer-without-changing-the-rules--auy0ifohj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aUy0IfoHJ.png og:image:alt: Can Cricket Be Made Fairer Without Changing the Rules? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Can Cricket Be Made Fairer Without Changing the Rules? **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary T20 cricket produces a significant number of 'false runs' — roughly 9–12% of a team's total score — from mistimed or poorly executed shots. The post proposes a 'partial runs' concept where each scoring shot is assigned an execution score based on quality of play, making the scoreboard a better reflection of skill. Modern tracking technologies (bat speed, ball trajectory, launch angle) already make this technically feasible. The author also introduces Hybrid xR, a cricket analytics framework using computer vision, probabilistic modeling, and reinforcement learning to estimate the expected value of every delivery. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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