Results of cricket

If the team that bats last is all out previous to it has reached the total required to win, it is said to have "lost by n runs" (where n is the difference between the number of runs scored by the teams). If the team that bats very last scores enough runs to win, it is said to have "won by n wickets", where n is the number of wickets left to fall. For occurrence a team that passes its opponents' score having only lost six wickets would have won "by four wickets".

In a two-innings-a-side match, one team's combined first and second innings total may be less than the another side's first innings total. The team with the greater score is then said to have won by an innings and n runs, and does not require to bat again: n is the difference between the two teams' aggregate scores.