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CRICKET × MARKETS × CONTEXT

Live cricket markets: score state and latency

Document, magnifying glass and clock for reading conditions
Illustrative editorial diagram. It does not show an actual offer, interface or prediction.

In-play cricket analysis needs a score state as well as a timestamp. Broadcast delay can make an apparently current picture stale.

The minimum record

Identify the innings, score, wickets, legal-ball count and market period when available. A price without that context cannot support a reliable historical comparison.

Overs are not decimals

Cricket notation such as 10.3 refers to ten overs and three legal balls, not 10.3 arithmetic overs. Do not feed that display directly into a run-rate calculation.

Acceptance matters

A market can suspend between deliveries. The accepted price and selection on a receipt matter more than a quote displayed before an action.

Our observations are dated

This calendar is not a ball-by-ball live trading service. An old snapshot never becomes live merely because the match is still being played.