Association of Cricket Officials Issue 30 | Page 27

MCC Law Changes 2017 Code –
Information for Scorers
By now, all ACO scorers should have received a Guidance for
Scorers document via the Over and Out communication,
providing useful information on how the Law changes in the
MCC Laws of Cricket (2017 Code) that came into force on 1
October 2017, affect scorers.
The main change for scorers is the recording of extras off a
No ball in the manner in which they occurred (ie as Byes or
Leg byes) as follows:
• Write 1 in the No ball extras section for the one penalty
run accrued from bowling a No ball.
• Write a single one in the No ball column at the right end
of the bowler’s line to indicate how many No balls that
bowler has bowled.
• Use a circle to indicate the No ball.
• Look out for additional signals after the repeated No
ball signal. You may see Bye or Leg bye and you may
see a boundary 4 or 6 signalled. Acknowledge all
s