Association of Cricket Officials Issue 32 | Page 27
An Update From the Scorer
Education Manager (SEM)
By now the season is well and truly underway and I hope that
the weather has been kind to you and that you are enjoying
your season with your chosen method of scoring.
We are lucky to have so many different options for scoring,
ranging from a handwritten scoresheet to a variety of software,
and I wonder how many of you have given the new Play-Cricket
Scorer Pro (P-CS Pro) a try?
I grew up using coloured pens on a box-style scoresheet and
it took me a long time to see that using software to score with
was not cheating and that I still needed to know as much about
the Laws of Cricket and how to score it to use the software
and that I could let the computer do all the calculations and
balancing for me, as I watched more of the actual cricket being
played.
I settled on Total Cricket Scorer (TCS) as my software of choice,
as it replicated my scorebook and gave me a traditional scoring
experience on the computer. Having happily used it for nine
years, I thought I would find it hard to use any other software.
The Level 2 scorer’s course has been revamped with all new
material to complete the pathway of scorer education and help
you to take your scoring in the direction that you want to.
There is a new document available to all scorers called the
Scorer Education and Accreditation Summary, which details the
scorer courses currently available and explains the accreditation
system in place for scorers. You can download it from the Scorer
Information folder in the public section of InEx, or ask your
County/Regional Scorer Officer for a copy.
Enjoy the rest of the season and don’t
forget to gather scoresheets and
feedback for your portfolio if you
would like to be accredited
in the autumn.
Sue Drinkwater
Scorer Education Manager
As I write this, we are two months into the season and I’ve been
using P-CS Pro for most of this time (with a scorebook or linear
sheet for back-up) and been really surprised just how easy it
was to convert. It only took a couple of weeks for new habits to
form and to find where the bowling figures were hiding!
We are hoping to have a new continuous professional
development (CPD) module ready for this winter’s training
season for electronic scoring using P-CS Pro. Look out for it
being advertised in your region this winter.
Play-Cricket Scorer in action at a local level.
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