Reference
cricket analytics glossary
Every metric this API returns, with the formula, what it is for, and the specific way people get it wrong. Written from how these are actually computed here, not paraphrased.
A delivery that lands on or just in front of the batter's crease, so it arrives at the feet or under the bat.
The average number of runs a bowler concedes per over, the bowling counterpart of a run rate.
For a batter, the runs scored per 100 balls faced. For a bowler, the balls bowled per wicket taken.
The opening stretch of a limited-overs innings in which only two fielders may stand outside the inner circle.
A method for setting a fair revised target when rain or bad light shortens a limited-overs match.
An over in which the batting side scores no runs off the bowler.
A legal delivery on which no run is scored, shown as a dot in the scorebook.
A team's run rate when batting minus the run rate it conceded, used to break ties on points in a league table.
In a multi-day match, the option for the side batting first to make the other side bat again after a big first-innings lead.
The runs a batter has scored divided by the number of times they were dismissed.
The runs per over a chasing side still has to score to reach its target.
A one-over-a-side tiebreaker used when a limited-overs match finishes level.