What is the role of the scorers in a cricket match?

What is the role of the scorers in a cricket match?

Two scorers are appointed in a match, and most often one scorer is provided by each team. The laws of cricket specify that the official scorers are to record all runs scored, wickets taken and where appropriate, overs bowled. They are acknowledge signals from the umpire, and to check the accuracy of the score regularly, both with each other, and at playing intervals, with the umpires. In practice, scorers also keep track of other matters such as bowlers’ analysis, the rate at which the teams bowl their overs, and team statistics such as averages and records. I international and national cricket competitions, the media often require notification of records and statistics, so unofficial scorers often keep tally for broadcast commentators an newspaper journalists. The official scorers occasionally make mistakes, but unlike umpire’s mistakes there can be corrected after the event