Laws of Cricket 1980 Code - Law 21
1. A Win - Two-Innings Matches
The side which has scored a total of runs in excess of that scored by the opposing side in its two completed innings shall be the winners.
2. A Win - One-Innings Matches
a. One-innings matches, unless played out as in 1. above, shall be decided on the first innings, but see Law 12.5 (Continuation After One Innings of Each Side).
b. If the captains agree to continue play after the completion of one innings of each side in accordance with Law 12.5 (Continuation After One Innings of Each Side) and a result is not achieved on the second innings, the first innings result shall stand.
3. Umpires Awarding a Match
a. A match shall be lost by a side which, during the match (i) refuses to play, or (ii) concedes defeat and the umpires shall award the match to the other side.
b. Should both batsmen at the wickets or the fielding side leave the field at any time without the agreement of the umpires, this shall constitute a refusal to play and, on appeal, the Umpires shall award the match to the other side in accordance with (a) above.
4. A Tie
The result of a match shall be a tie when the scores are equal at the conclusion of play, but only if the side batting last has completed its innings.
If the scores of the completed first innings of a one-day match are equal, it shall be a tie but only if the match has not been played out to a further conclusion.
5. A Draw
A match not determined in any of the ways as in 1, 2, 3 and 4 above shall count as a draw.
6. Correctness of Result
Any decision as to the correctness of the scores shall be the responsibility of the umpires. See Law 3.14 (Correctness of Scores). If, after the umpires and players have left the field, in the belief that the match has been concluded, the umpires decide that a mistake in scoring has occurred, which affects the result, and provided time has not been reached, they shall order play to resume and to continue until the agreed finishing time unless a result is reached earlier.
If the umpires decide that a mistake has occurred and time has been reached, the umpires shall immediately inform both captains of the necessary corrections to the scores and, if applicable, to the result.
7. Acceptance of Result
In accepting the scores as notified by the scorers and agreed by the umpires, the captains of both sides thereby accept the result.
Notes
1. Statement of Results
The result of a finished match is stated as a win by runs, except in the case of a win by the side batting last when it is by the number of wickets still then to fall.
2. Winning Hit or Extras
As soon as the side has won, see 1. and 2. above, the umpire shall call "time", the match is finished, and nothing that happens thereafter other than as a result of a mistake in scoring, see 6. above, shall be regarded as part of the match.
However, if a boundary constitutes the winning hit - or extras - and the boundary allowance exceeds the number of runs required to win the match, such runs scored shall be credited to the side's total and, in the case of a hit to the striker's score.
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