Overs
An over is 6 legal deliveries. Overs are decimal: 17.3 means 17 overs and 3 balls. APIs return overs as strings or decimals.
Innings
Test matches have up to 4 innings. Limited overs have 1–2. Scorecard endpoints return per-innings breakdowns.
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Understanding Overs and Innings
Cricket scoring basics for API developers: overs, innings and formats.
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