Officials
Tie Breaker Resolver
Walk level teams through your competition's tie break ladder and see exactly where they separate.
List the level teams and the order your competition applies its tie breaks in.
Supported: points, wins, head_to_head, nrr, quotient.
Separated
Beta CC
on net run rate
Beyond the calculator
Umpires and scorers using Crickslab get the revised target, the par score and the over rate on screen, signed off and shared in seconds.
- Rain rules applied as the match runs
- Results and points posted automatically
- Live streaming with the score on the picture
How this was worked out
- 1points2 teams still level on points
- 2matches won2 teams still level on matches won
- 3net run rateBeta CC leads on net run rate
How the number is worked out
The formula
Apply each criterion in order until one team is left- points
- Competition points, the usual first criterion.
- wins
- Number of matches won, used ahead of rate in many regulations.
- head to head
- The result between the tied teams themselves.
- net run rate
- Runs per over scored minus conceded.
- quotient
- Runs per wicket scored divided by runs per wicket conceded.
A worked example: two teams level
Alpha and Beta finish on 12 points with six wins each. The regulations apply points, then wins, then net run rate.
- 1Points12 each, still level
- 2Wins6 each, still level
- 3Net run rateAlpha +0.412, Beta +0.688, so Beta goes through
Beta finishes ahead on net run rate. Had the regulations put head to head before net run rate, the answer could easily have gone the other way.
Rules and edge cases
The situations that change the answer, and the ones most calculators get wrong.
The order is set by your regulations and it changes the answer
Points then head to head then net run rate, and points then net run rate, are both common and they routinely produce different results. There is no universal cricket tie break, so the ladder is something you enter rather than something this tool assumes.
Head to head gets awkward with three teams
With two teams level it is simple. With three, the results between them can form a loop where each has beaten one and lost to another. Most regulations then fall back to a mini table of those matches only, or skip straight to net run rate.
Net run rate and quotient can disagree
Net run rate is runs per over and ignores wickets. Quotient is runs per wicket and ignores overs. Two teams can be ranked one way by the first and the other way by the second, so which one your competition uses genuinely matters.
Somewhere the ladder has to end
If every criterion is level, most regulations finish with a drawing of lots or, in older competitions, a bowl out. That is the point where arithmetic hands over to the rule book, and this tool says so rather than inventing a winner.
Frequently asked questions
By whatever ladder the competition's regulations set out. Common criteria are number of wins, head to head result, net run rate and quotient, applied in a specified order.
For league officials
Your tie breaks, applied automatically and consistently
Crickslab holds your competition's regulations and applies them to the standings the same way every round, so a contested finish is settled by the rules rather than by whoever built the spreadsheet.
See tournament managementLast reviewed 17 August 2026. Playing conditions change, so if your competition uses a different rule, its regulations take precedence over anything here.