Men's ODI Match Appendix F: Bonus Point System
Bonus Point System
1 bonus point for any team that achieves victory with a run rate 1.25 times that of the opposition.
A team's run rate shall be calculated by reference to the number of runs scored divided by the number of overs/balls faced.
Where a team is all out, the number of overs to be used is the maximum number of overs that team was otherwise eligible to face.
Where matches are shortened and targets revised through the application of the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern system, bonus run rates and bonus defensive targets are derived as a function of the revised target score (less one run) and maximum overs.
Whenever a target, or revised target, is set, the exact number of overs/balls within which the team batting second must achieve this target in order to gain the bonus point shall be communicated to the teams and announced by the Ground Authority. Once these overs/balls have been bowled, if the target has not then been achieved the bonus point cannot be gained by any subsequent event, e.g. a multiple scoring shot, or extras.
Examples of criteria for the award of bonus points:
| Team Batting First | Team Batting Second | Team Bowling Second | |||
| Score | Run Rate | Required Run Rate | Balls to win (overs) | Required run rate | Target score |
| 300 | 6 | 7.5 | 40.0 | 4.8 | 240 |
| 275 | 5.5 | 6.875 | 40.0 | 4.4 | 220 |
| 250 | 5 | 6.25 | 40.0 | 4 | 200 |
| 225 | 4.5 | 5.625 | 40.1 | 3.6 | 180 |
| 200 | 4 | 5 | 40.1 | 3.2 | 160 |
| 175 | 3.5 | 4.375 | 40.1 | 2.8 | 140 |
| 150 | 3 | 3.75 | 40.1 | 2.4 | 120 |
| 125 | 2.5 | 3.175 | 40.1 | 2 | 100 |
| 100 | 2 | 2.5 | 40.2 | 1.6 | 80 |
| 75 | 1.5 | 1.875 | 40.3 | 1.2 | 60 |
Note: the 'target score' shown in the last column is the maximum total that the team batting second can make for the
team batting first to qualify for the bonus point