Common notation: [5][6][7][8] The advent of saturation television coverage of professional cricket has provided an impetus to develop new and interesting forms of presenting statistical data to viewers.
[10] These include displaying two-dimensional and even three-dimensional plots of shot directions and distances on an overhead view of a cricket field, commonly referred to as a Wagon-Wheel.
[11] Other forms include graphs of run scoring and wicket taking numbers plotted against time or balls bowled over a career or within a match.
These graphics can be changed dynamically through a computer-controlled back-end, as statistics evolve during a game.
Commonly used graphics, especially during a limited-over match, are a worm graph,[12] called so, for the worm-like appearance of the teams' score progression as the overs progress; and; a Manhattan Chart,[13] called so, for its resemblance to the Manhattan skyline.