Alright, so today I messed around with creating a scorecard for the “One World One Family Cup”. Sounds fancy, huh? It’s actually a cricket match, and I figured I’d try to make a digital scorecard because, well, why not?
First, I spent some time just poking around online. I needed to see what a typical cricket scorecard even looks like. I mean, I’ve seen cricket matches, but I’ve never really paid attention to the nitty-gritty details of the scoring.
Getting Started
I fired up my go-to tool which you can easily create table and edit cell.
- I started by making a basic table. I knew I’d need columns for things like batsman names, runs, balls faced, fours, sixes – you know, the usual cricket stuff.
- Then I added rows for each player on the team. It felt a little tedious, but hey, gotta do it.
Adding Some Details
It was all pretty straightforward table editing at this point.
Populated the cells, added some colors… I also added a separate section for the “bowling” stats – overs, maidens, runs conceded, wickets. You know, all that good stuff that makes cricket, well, cricket.
Making It Look Decent
Spent a little time fiddling with the formatting. Changed the background color of some cells, made the headers bold, stuff like that. My main goal was to make it easy to read, not necessarily to win any design awards, haha.
The Final Result
It took a bit of trial and error. Played around with cell merging. Also I realized halfway through that I needed to add a row for “extras” (wides, no-balls, etc.). But eventually, I got to something I was pretty happy with.
So, yeah, that’s pretty much it! Not exactly rocket science, but it was a fun little project. Now I have a digital scorecard ready for match, at least I feel prepared!
