Not out is a term used on cricket scorecards to signify that a batsman has not been dismissed when the innings is finished. At least one batsman will be not out at the end of an innings. In first class cricket, played over two innings per side, usually only one batsman is not out, as he will have no partner to bat on with when his team is all out. However, in limited overs games, such as One-day internationals, two batsmen will often be noted as not out, as the innings finishes after a certain number of overs has been bowled. Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ... Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is a player whose speciality in the game is batting. ... In the sport of cricket, a dismissal occurs when the batsman is out (also known as taking a wicket) // Ways of getting out A batsman can be dismissed in a number of ways, the most common being bowled, caught, leg before wicket (LBW), stumped and run out. ... An innings, or inning, is a segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which a side takes its turn to bat. ... In cricket, an innings is declared finished if: Sufficient wickets are taken – all but one of the batsmen are out (dismissed) A team chasing a given target number of runs to win manages to do so A set number of overs are bowled A captain declares his innings closed Match... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... In the sport of cricket an over is a series of six consecutive balls bowled by a single bowler. ... A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ...

Batting averages in cricket are not affected by not outs - i.e. the amount of runs scored counts towards your total, but the not out isn't registered as an out, logically enough. As batting averages are calculated as runs divided by outs, this means that a player who often ends the innings may get an inflated batting average. Examples of this include Michael Bevan (67 not outs in ODIs), James Anderson (12 not outs in 16 Test innings), and Shaun Pollock (32 not outs in Tests). However, the flip side of the argument is that, if not outs were counted for the purpose of batting averages, a good batsman could come in and only have time to make 0 not out, facing three balls from a bowler, and thus get unduly penalised for factors out of his control. This argument is prevailing among cricket statisticians, who have used this method of collecting batting averages since the 18th century. Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... Michael Bevan (born 8 May 1970 in the Australian Capital Territory) is a left-handed cricket batsman (LHB) and a slow left arm chinaman (SLC) bowler. ... A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ... James Micheal Anderson Occupation: Cricketer [plays for the England cricket team and for his home county, Lancashire]. ... It has been suggested that Test status be merged into this article or section. ... A terrified Shaun Pollock with a fan. ... It has been suggested that Test status be merged into this article or section. ... Darren Gough bowling A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling. ...

References

• Cricinfo - explanation of cricket