HCL | Hand Cricket League

The Formulas

HCL uses a custom Net Rating derived from each team's per-match player score spread. Here are the exact formulas:

For a team T in a given match:

\mathrm{NP}_{\text{avg}}(T)=\frac{\text{highest score}-\text{lowest score}}{n}

where $n$ is the number of players who batted in that match.

For the match:

\mathrm{NT}_{\text{avg}}=\left|\mathrm{NP}_{\text{avg}}(\text{winner})-\mathrm{NP}_{\text{avg}}(\text{loser})\right|

This measures the gap between the two teams' player-score spread in that match.

Average all match-level NTavg values across completed games:

\mathrm{NR}=\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\mathrm{NT}_{\text{avg},i}

where $n$ is the number of completed matches.

Match: SCM vs TVK — here's how the numbers break down for the winner and loser.

Player scores: 94, 67, 51, 33

$\mathrm{NP}_{\text{avg}} = \frac{94-33}{4} = 15.25$

Player scores: 48, 24, 18, 12

$\mathrm{NP}_{\text{avg}} = \frac{48-12}{4} = 9$

$\mathrm{NT}_{\text{avg}} = |15.25-9| = 6.25$

These NTavg values are averaged across completed matches to produce each team's final NR value in the standings table.

NR is the tiebreaker when two teams finish on equal points.
A higher NR can push a team into playoff contention without an extra win.
It rewards consistency in scoring variance — keeping your spread wider than the opposition's across every match.