Powerplay

In a T20 the powerplay is the first six overs, in a 50-over match the first ten, and in The Hundred the first 25 balls. With so few fielders on the boundary, batters take the chance to hit over the top, and bowlers who swing the new ball get wickets for the same reason. Later in a 50-over innings further spells of looser restrictions apply.

Each innings records when its powerplays ran, so a score or a bowling figure can be split into the powerplay and the rest. That split is the first thing to look at when a team's total or a bowler's economy looks odd: a side that scores 60 for none in the powerplay is in a different match from one that scores 35 for three.