What is "scoring"

Scorn \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarnir, escharnir. See Scorn, n.]

1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

   I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me.
   --Shak.

   This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
   --Milton.

   We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.
   --C. J. Smith.

2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

   His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast.
   --Chaucer.

   To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously.
   --Shak.

   Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.

Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scored (sk[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]

1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.

   Let us score their backs.
   --Shak.

   A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her white right hand.
   --M. Arnold.

2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.

3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.

   Madam, I know when, Instead of five, you scored me ten.
   --Swift.

   Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score.
   --Shak.

4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.]
   --Spenser.

5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.

6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.

7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.

1. Of something or someone that scores. n. 1 The process of keeping score in a sport or contest. 2 The process of winning points in a sport or contest. 3 The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold. v

2. (present participle of score English)

n. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" [syn: marking, grading]

Scoring (also known as Dribble) is a 1979 comedy film directed by Michael A. DeGaetano and distributed by Troma Entertainment. The plot of the film consists of a battle of the sexes, with a team of men and a team of women facing each other off in a game of basketball.

Envisioned as a promotional vehicle for the WBA by Iowa Cornets investor George Nissen. The movie was filmed in and around Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Des Moines, Iowa.

Scoring is a process in which one cuts a groove into rigid material (usually tile, stone, glass, etc.). This groove is used to either break the material along the slit, for decoration, or act as a guideline for other processes such as painting. It can also be used to allow materials to expand and contract under varying thermal conditions. Scoring is used in place of cutting through the material all the way because you can obtain relatively the same results with less time and labor.

Scoring in cricket matches involves two elements – the number of runs scored and the number of wickets lost by each team. The scorer is someone appointed to record all runs scored, all wickets taken and, where appropriate, the number of overs bowled. In professional games, in compliance with the Laws of Cricket, two scorers' are appointed, most often one provided by each team.

The scorers have no say in whether runs or extras are scored, wickets taken or overs bowled. This is the job of the umpires on the field of play, who signal to the scorers in cases of ambiguity such as when runs are to be given as extras rather than credited to the batsmen, or when the batsman is to be awarded a boundary 4 or 6. So that the umpire knows that they have seen each signal, the scorers are required to immediately acknowledge it.

While it is possible to keep score using a pencil and plain paper, scorers often use pre-printed scoring books, and these are commercially available in many different styles. Simple score books allow the recording of each batsman's runs, their scores and mode of dismissal, the bowlers' analyses, the team score and the score at the fall of each wicket. More sophisticated score books allow for the recording of more detail, and other statistics such as the number of balls faced by each batsman. Scorers also sometimes produce their own scoring sheets to suit their techniques, and some use coloured pens to highlight events such as wickets, or differentiate the actions of different batsmen or bowlers. It is often possible to tell from a modern scorecard the time at which everything occurred, who bowled each delivery, which batsman faced it, whether the batsman left the ball or played and missed, or which direction the batsman hit the ball and whether runs were scored. Sometimes details of occurrences between deliveries, or incidental details like the weather, are recorded.

In early times runs scored were sometimes simply recorded by carving notches on a stickthis root of the use of the slang term "notches" for "runs". In contrast, scoring in the modern game has become a specialism, particularly for international and national cricket competitions. While the scorers' role is clearly defined under the Laws of Cricket to be merely the recording of runs, wickets and overs, and the constant checking of the accuracy of their records with each other and with the umpires, in practice a modern scorer's role is complicated by other requirements. For instance, cricket authorities often require information about matters such as the rate at which teams bowled their overs. The media also ask to be notified of records, statistics and averages. For many important matches, unofficial scorers keep tally for the broadcast commentators and newspaper journalists allowing the official scorers to concentrate undisturbed. In the English county game, the scorers also keep score on a computer that updates a central server, to meet the demands of the online press that scores should be as up-to-date as possible.

The official scorers occasionally make mistakes, but unlike umpires' mistakes these may be corrected after the event.

Some cricket statisticians who keep score unofficially for the printed and broadcast media have become quite famous, for instance Bill Frindall who scored for the BBC radio commentary team from 1966 to 2008 and Jo King.

The ECB's Association of Cricket Officials provides training for scorers.