How do I work out a target using average run rate after an interruption?

Q: How do I work out a target using average run rate after an interruption?

When the CGL office has said the match uses average run rate (confirmed at the toss), the 2025/26 limited-overs conditions work like this: Interruption during the first innings: overs are revised so both teams get the same number. The target is the first team's total + 1, and equal scores are a tie. Second innings reduced: multiply the first team's run rate by the overs available to the team batting second. Not a whole number: round up; that's the target. A tie isn't possible, and anything less is a loss. A whole number: that's the par score, and the target is par + 1. Scoring exactly par is a tie. Worked examples (50-over match reduced to 35 overs for the second innings): First innings Run rate × 35 overs Target Tie on 251 in 50 overs 5.02 175.7 176 Not possible 250 in 50 overs 5.00 175 176 175 Record a win as, for example, "Team B won by 3 wickets (calculated result)". Match abandoned during the second innings (after the minimum overs: 20 in 50-over, 15 in 35-over, 5 in 20-over matches): the team with the higher average run rate wins. Equal run rates are a tie. Overs lost to time: overs are cut at 15 an hour in 50-over and 35-over matches and 14.12 an hour in 20-over matches. Fractions of an over are ignored.

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When the CGL office has said the match uses average run rate (confirmed at the toss), the 2025/26 limited-overs conditions work like this:

Interruption during the first innings: overs are revised so both teams get the same number. The target is the first team's total + 1, and equal scores are a tie.

Second innings reduced: multiply the first team's run rate by the overs available to the team batting second.

Not a whole number: round up; that's the target. A tie isn't possible, and anything less is a loss.
A whole number: that's the par score, and the target is par + 1. Scoring exactly par is a tie.

Worked examples (50-over match reduced to 35 overs for the second innings):

First innings	Run rate	× 35 overs	Target	Tie on
251 in 50 overs	5.02	175.7	176	Not possible
250 in 50 overs	5.00	175	176	175

Record a win as, for example, "Team B won by 3 wickets (calculated result)".

Match abandoned during the second innings (after the minimum overs: 20 in 50-over, 15 in 35-over, 5 in 20-over matches): the team with the higher average run rate wins. Equal run rates are a tie.