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Cricket Statistics Glossary

Batting

Innings (I): The number of innings in which the batsman actually batted.
Not Outs (NO): The number of times the batsman was not out at the conclusion of an innings they batted in.
Runs (R): The number of runs scored.
Highest Score (HS): The highest score ever made by the batsman.
Batting Average (Ave): The total number of runs divided by the total number of innings in which the batsman was out. Ave = Runs/[I - NO] (also (Av'ge).)
Centuries (100): The number of innings in which the batsman scored one hundred runs or more.
Half-centuries (50): The number of innings in which the batsman scored fifty to ninety-nine runs (centuries do not count as half-centuries as well).
Balls Faced (BF): The total number of balls received, including no balls but not including wides.
Strike Rate (SR): The number of runs scored per 100 balls faced. (SR = [100 * Runs]/BF)

Bowling

Overs (O): The number of overs bowled.
Balls (B): The number of balls bowled. Overs is more traditional, but balls is a more useful statistic because the number of balls per over has varied historically.
Maiden Overs (M): The number of maiden overs (overs in which the bowler conceded zero runs) bowled.
Runs (R): The number of runs conceded.
Wickets (W): The number of wickets taken.
Bowling analysis: A shorthand notation consisting of a bowler's Overs, Maidens, Runs conceded and Wickets taken (in that order), usually for a single innings but sometimes for other periods. For example, an analysis of 10-3-27-2 would indicate that the player bowled ten overs, of which three were maidens, conceded 27 runs and took two wickets.
No balls (Nb): The number of no balls bowled.
Wides (Wd): The number of wides bowled, plus the number of runs conceded from them.
Bowling Average (Ave): The average number of runs conceded per wicket. (Ave = Runs/W)
Economy Rate (Econ): The average number of runs conceded per over. (Econ = Runs/overs bowled).
Best Bowling (BB): The bowler's best bowling performance, defined as firstly the greatest number of wickets, secondly the fewest runs conceded for that number of wickets. (Thus, a performance of 7 for 102 is considered better than one of 6 for 19.)
Five-wickets in an innings (5w): The number of innings in which the bowler took at least five wickets.
Ten-wickets in a match (10w): The number of matches in which the bowler took at least ten wickets; recorded for Tests and first-class matches only.
Strike Rate (SR): The average number of balls bowled per wicket taken. (SR = Balls/W)