Scorers

Much like the Umpires development Gloucestershire Association of Cricket Officials (GACO) is very keen to raise the standards of scorers and the number of scorers across the County.

Within the GACUS Association we are very fortunate to have This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , who has scored at the very highest level, leading the way with scorers courses. Each year GACO will be offering scorers courses to further increase the number of active qualified scorers at ECB ACO Level 1 and beyond.

In 2009 and more so in 2010, GACUS appointed scorers to County Age Group games which makes a huge difference to the sides as the players, parents and coaches can leave scoring to those people who know what they are doing.

Technology is also moving on in the scoring world and with many clubs these days having access to power, either in the Scorebox or through the pavilion, more and more scorers are these days scoring electronically.

There are some very useful electronic packages on the market at the moment, some of which are free – see links below

Total Cricket Scorer - www.totalcricketscorer.com
This package is extremely good and requires an additional licence fee and hardware. However, you can download the software and trial it for 5 games before you have to pay a fee so if it is something you like you at least get a chance to look at it first. This is great for anyone who has to manually enter scorecards on to play-cricket as the 2 systems are linked. No more late night entering data on to play-cricket.

Pitch Pad - www.pitchpad.com
A great free package where you can capture every aspect of matches and practice sessions . . . and not just the good stuff, through ball by ball match notes. It gives you the opportunity to show all kinds of statistics on each and every part of the game. Give it a go and try it.