NV Play Cricket for Windows supports those rare bowlers who can bowl with either arm or switch between delivery types mid-over, allowing the correct Bowling Type to be recorded for each delivery.
The Bowling Type is taken from the player record and can be used to run searches in the Multi-Match Stats Wizard. For example, a search for RFM will return all ball clips from bowlers recorded as Right-Arm Fast-Medium.
Change a player's default Bowling Type
To change a player's Bowling Type:
For most players, this value does not need to be changed.
- Open Tools > Edit Database. The Edit Database dialogue opens.
- Click the Players tab.
- Locate the bowler in the list to the left of the dialogue and click their name.
- Open the Bowling Type dropdown and select a type.
- Click the Save button highlighted in yellow. The Bowling Type is now set for the player.
- Click Close.
Change Bowling Type for a single delivery
If a bowler changes arm or delivery type for a single ball, such as bowling left-arm instead of right-arm, you can update that delivery’s Bowling Type by following these steps:
- Start the new ball by clicking the Start Ball or Start Ball Clip button on the Scoring panel (this step can be ignored if you have Auto-Start Ball enabled).
- Right click on the ball in the Ball by Ball panel and choose Edit Ball Bowling Type. The Change Bowling Type on Ball dialogue opens.
- Open the dropdown list and select the appropriate Bowling Type.
- Click Done.
You can also update the Bowling Type after the delivery has been scored, or even after the match is completed by clicking Edit on the Scoring panel to enter edit mode and then repeating the steps above from the Ball by Ball panel.
Depending on your team's needs, you might prefer to use the Bowling Variation option on the Events panel to note a change in delivery type without modifying the Bowling Type field.
Each ball's Bowling Type is shown in the Bwl Type column in the Ball by Ball panel:
- Values shown in grey reflect the player record.
- Values shown in black have been manually set using the dropdown.
For users scoring collaboratively, Bowling Type has been added to the Collaborative Scoring Priorities list, meaning it can be assigned to a specific scorer, like other priority fields.
Bowling Types available
The Bowling Types available for selection in NV Play Cricket are:
- RF - Right-Arm Fast
- RFM - Right-Arm Fast-Medium
- RM - Right-Arm Medium
- ROB - Right-Arm Off Break
- RLB - Right-Arm Leg Break
- LF - Left-Arm Fast
- LFM - Left-Arm Fast-Medium
- LM - Left-Arm Medium
- LOB - Left-Arm Off Break
- LLB - Left-Arm Leg Break