Runs per over needed to win a chase, with the current run rate and balls left
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere. Checked against sources on 29 Sept 2026.The required run rate is the runs still needed divided by the overs left, with overs counted in balls. Chasing 181 with 96 scored after 12.3 overs leaves 85 runs from 45 balls, which is 11.33 an over, while the current rate is 7.68. Enter the target, the score and the overs bowled in the usual overs.balls form, such as 12.3.
Rates and rules read from ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 Playing Conditions, clause 16.10.7 on 29 Sept 2026; they may have changed since.
"Chase" is already selected under "Work out".
Enter the "Target (runs to win)", which is the other side’s total plus one.
Enter the "Score now" and the "Overs bowled (overs.balls)", such as 12.3, and set "Overs in the innings".
Read the "Required run rate" with the runs needed from the balls left, then press "Share result".
Net run rate (NRR) separates teams level on points in a cricket tournament table. This calculator works it out from each match's runs and overs, and has a second mode for the current and required run rate in a chase.
The formula. Add up every run the team scored and divide by every over it faced; do the same for runs conceded and overs bowled; subtract the second rate from the first. The ICC's playing conditions for the Men's T20 World Cup 2026, clause 16.10.7, define it this way and add the rule most home-made spreadsheets miss: when a team is all out before its full quota, its innings counts as the full quota of overs, not the overs it lasted. Tick "all out" for that innings and the calculator charges 20 overs (or whatever the match allowed). The rule works both ways, so bowling the opponent out charges them the full quota too, which helps your NRR.
Chase mode. Enter the target, the score and the overs bowled to see the current run rate, the runs needed, the balls left and the required rate.
The rest of the article, and all 6 questions about Net Run Rate Calculator, are on the Net Run Rate Calculator page.
Total runs scored divided by total overs faced, minus total runs conceded divided by total overs bowled, across all matches with a result. A team that scored 330 in 40 overs and conceded 321 in 39.2 overs has 8.250 minus 8.161, an NRR of +0.089. Overs are converted to balls first.
Under ICC playing condition 16.10.7, a side bowled out before its full quota is charged the full quota. All out for 150 in 18.4 overs of a T20 counts as 150 runs in 20 overs, a rate of 7.50 rather than 8.04. Bowling an opponent out likewise charges them 20 overs.
Nineteen complete overs and four balls. An over has six balls, so the figure after the point runs from 0 to 5 and never reaches 6. As a plain number 19.4 overs is 118 balls, or 19.667 overs. Dividing runs by 19.4 instead of 19.667 overstates the run rate.
Subtract the current score from the target to get the runs needed, count the balls left, and divide the runs needed by the balls left times six. Needing 85 runs with 45 balls to go is 85 × 6 ÷ 45, a required rate of 11.33 runs an over.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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