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Ten ways of getting out

January 25th, 2012 by Ashwin | No Comments

Lights that are used by a third umpire to show his decision. Picture courtesy: Wikipedia.

Cricket is game of scoring runs and taking wickets. The fielding team looks to take wickets and the batting team looks to score runs. A batsman has to be dismissed to stop him from scoring.  Batting in cricket depends upon each and every ball. It doesn’t matter if the batsman is on 100 or 0. [...]


Wide Ball

January 20th, 2012 by Ashwin | No Comments

Steve Bucknor signalling a wide. Picture courtesy: wn.

Wide balls are another common occurrence in cricket. A wide ball is called if the ball is too wide for the batsman to play a shot. The umpire signals a wide by holding both arms out horizontally. A wide ball results in one run being given and recorded as extras. If the keeper fumbles the [...]


No ball

January 11th, 2012 by Ashwin | No Comments

Umpire signalling a no ball. Picture courtesy: justvirendersehwag.com.

No ball, in cricket is a penalty against the fielding team. No ball results in one run being given for the batting team. The batsman cannot get out in a no ball except for a run out, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice, or obstructing the field. In shorter form of cricket (50 over [...]



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