LivePlayScore brings you cricket live scores from Test matches, ODIs, T20 internationals and the biggest T20 leagues in the world, updated ball by ball. Runs, wickets, overs, run rates and partnerships appear on this page as they happen, completely free and without an account.

Cricket is a game of small moments. A dropped catch at fine leg, a review that goes upstairs, a bowler who finds reverse swing in the 42nd over. If you can't be in front of the TV, you still want to know when those moments happen. This page is built for exactly that: open it, find your match, and you're up to date in seconds.

Every live match on this page shows the essentials at a glance: the batting team's total, wickets down, overs bowled, and the current run rate. In a chase, you'll also see the target, runs needed, balls remaining and the required run rate, which is usually the number that tells you who's really winning.

Open any match for the full scorecard. You'll find:

• Batting card: runs, balls faced, fours, sixes and strike rate for every batter, along with how each one got out.
• Bowling figures: overs, maidens, runs conceded, wickets and economy rate for each bowler.
• Fall of wickets: the score and over when every wicket fell, useful for spotting a collapse.
• Partnerships: how the current pair is building, and which stand turned the innings.
• Recent overs: a ball-by-ball strip so you can see whether the pressure is building or easing.

If you want to know why a side slipped from 120 for 1 to 160 all out, the full scorecard tells the story.

Cricket runs almost all year, across time zones and formats. We cover it all in one place.

International cricket. Test matches, One Day Internationals and T20 Internationals from all the Full Member nations, including Pakistan, India, England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the West Indies, Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe. ICC events such as the Cricket World Cup, the T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy are covered from the first ball to the final.

Franchise T20 leagues. These are the leagues fans plan their evenings around. Our IPL live score page covers every Indian Premier League game, and our dedicated PSL live scores page covers the Pakistan Super League. We also follow the Big Bash League, the Caribbean Premier League, The Hundred, SA20 and the ILT20.

Domestic and women's cricket. Major first-class and one-day competitions, plus women's internationals and leagues, which have some of the most competitive cricket being played today.

Want to know what's coming up next? Our cricket series schedule lists upcoming tours and tournaments, so you can plan ahead for the series that matter to you.

Our scores come from a professional real-time cricket data feed, the kind used by broadcasters and sports apps. The page refreshes by itself during play, so you don't need to keep reloading it.

Cricket has more "wait, what just happened?" moments than most sports. Here's how we handle the common ones:

• DRS reviews. When a decision goes to the third umpire, the wicket only counts once it's confirmed. If a review overturns an out, the batter's innings carries on, and the scorecard reflects that.
• Rain and bad light. Delays are shown clearly, so you know the match is paused rather than wondering if the feed has stopped.
• DLS targets. When overs are lost in a limited-overs game, the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method sets a revised target. We show the updated target and overs as soon as the officials confirm them.
• Super Overs. A tied white-ball knockout game goes to a Super Over, and we show it as its own mini-innings, so the finish is easy to follow.

If you ever see a score that doesn't match what's on TV, let us know through our contact page. Reports from readers have helped us catch errors, and we would rather fix them fast than leave them sitting there.

If you're newer to cricket, or just following a format you don't usually watch, a few numbers tell you most of what you need.

Required run rate vs current run rate. In a chase, if the required rate climbs well above the current rate, the batting side is under pressure. When the two are close, the game is still open.

Wickets in hand. In T20s, 80 needed off 48 balls with eight wickets left is very different from the same equation with three wickets left. Always check the wickets column alongside the runs.

The last five overs. The recent overs strip shows momentum. Two quiet overs and a wicket can turn a match faster than any single boundary.

Lead or deficit in Tests. In a Test match, the first-innings lead often shapes the rest of the game. We show the lead or trail at the top of the scorecard so you don't have to do the maths.

On a busy weekend, a Test match in England, a T20 international in the Caribbean and a franchise league game in Asia can all be running at the same time. The match list at the top of this page groups games by tournament, so you can jump straight to the one you care about. Live matches sit at the top, followed by upcoming fixtures with start times and then recent results.