BCCI puts byte into scoring

8216;8216;The software is in place and all the Board panel scorers will be given laptops by their respective state associations.8217;8217;

Shetty said efforts were being made to develop a system where all the scores could be fed live into a special website and scorecard of any domestic matches tracked at the click of the mouse.

About 70 scorers from different state associations will participate in the workshop where the finer techniques of the software will be taught to the scorers. According to sources, the Board will also start posting the scorers from this season on the lines of procedure adopted for the umpires.

BCCI Secretary SK Nair said the Bangalore workshop is part of Board8217;s effort to make a beginning in this regard computer scoring.

The BCCI will be conducting a training course followed by examination for scorers for inclusion in the BCCI scorers8217; panel.