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I may have counted one run twice in our cricket scorebook. Do I raise it after we've celebrated?

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Our captain had just sent the team photo when I messaged, "I think I might have added one run twice." He replied, "It was a friendly. Don't spoil the evening over that."

I volunteered to keep our cricket scorebook because nobody else wanted the job. The captains left the ground believing we'd won by one run. At home, I had added the individual entries again and got a total one lower than the number I had put in the final box. There's an entry I may have included twice, but the handwriting is messy enough that I don't want to announce an error before checking.

The opposition also had someone recording the score. I could ask the match organiser to compare the two records and decide whether anything needs correcting. Our captain thinks contacting them now would look as though I'm accusing the players of claiming a result they knew was wrong. They didn't know; I was the person holding the book.

I want the record to be accurate, but I'm embarrassed about reopening a result everyone accepted. What would you put in the first message so it reports a possible scoring mistake without claiming certainty about either the total or what the match outcome should become?

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"While checking my additions, I found a possible duplicated run. Could we compare both score records before confirming the final total?" is enough to start. Send a photo of the relevant page to the organiser, including the final box. You can identify the doubt without accusing anyone or deciding what correction, if any, changes the result.

Keep "the total may be wrong" separate from "the players knew." Your account gives no reason to make the second claim. The captain may be protecting the team from an accusation you aren't actually making. Tell him you'll explicitly say the possible error came from your recording or addition, and ask the organiser to handle the comparison.

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