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is a full list of the ten different ways of getting out.
The wicket is said to be broken if one or
both of the bails have been dislodged and fallen to the ground.
If the bails have fallen off for any reason and the ball is
still in play, then breaking the wicket must be accomplished
by pulling a stump completely out of the ground. If the wicket
needs to be broken like this with the ball, the uprooting
of the stump must be done with the ball in contact with the
stump.
The field is notionally split into two halves,
along a line down the centre of the pitch. The half of the
field in front of the striker is called the off side, the
half behind is called the leg side, or sometimes the on side.
Thus, standing at the bowler's wicket and
looking towards a right-handed striker's wicket, the off side
is to the left and the leg side to the right (and vice-versa
for a left-handed striker). The stumps of the striker's wicket
are called off stump, middle stump, and leg stump, depending
on which side they are on.
When a batsman gets out, no matter by what
method, his wicket is said to have fallen, and the fielding
team are said to have taken a wicket.
Caught:
If a fielder catches the ball on the full after the batsman
has hit it with his bat. However, if the fielder catches the
ball, but either during the catch or immediately afterwards
touches or steps over the boundary, then the batsman scores
six runs and is not out.
Bowled:
If the batsman misses the ball and it hits and breaks the
wicket directly from the bowler's delivery. The batsman is
out whether or not he is behind his popping crease. He is
also out bowled if the ball breaks the wicket after deflecting
from his bat or body. The batsman is not out if the wicket
does not break.
Leg Before Wicket:
If the batsman misses the ball with his bat, but intercepts
it with part of his body when it would otherwise have hit
the wicket, and provided several other conditions (described
below) are satisfied. An umpire must adjudicate such a decision,
and will only do so if the fielding team appeal the decision.
This is a question asked of the umpire, usually of the form
"How's that?'' (or
"Howzat?''), and
usually quite enthusiastic and loud. If the ball bounces outside
an imaginary line drawn straight down the pitch from the outside
edge of leg stump, then the batsman cannot be out LBW, no
matter whether or not the ball would have hit the stumps.
If the batsman attempts to play a shot at the ball with his
bat (and misses) he may only be given out LBW if the ball
strikes the batsman between imaginary lines drawn down the
pitch from the outside edges of leg and off stumps (ie. directly
in line with the wicket).
If the batsman does not attempt to play the
ball with his bat, then he may be given out LBW without satisfying
this condition, as long as the umpire is convinced the ball
would have hit the wicket. If the ball has hit the bat before
the hitting the batsman, then he cannot be given out LBW.
Stumped:
If a batsman misses the ball and in attempting to play it
steps outside his crease, he is out stumped if the wicket-keeper
gathers the ball and breaks the wicket with it before the
batsman can ground part of his body or his bat behind his
crease.
Run Out:
If a batsman is attempting to take a run, or to return to
his crease after an aborted run, and a fielder breaks that
batsman's wicket with the ball while he is out of the crease.
The fielder may either break the wicket with a hand which
holds the ball, or with the ball directly. It is possible
for the non-striker to be run out if the striker hits the
ball straight down the pitch towards the non-striker's wicket,
and the bowler deflects the ball on to the wicket while the
non-striker is out of his crease.
If the ball is hit directly on to the non-striker's
wicket, without being touched by a fielder, then the non-striker
is not out. If the non-striker leaves his crease (in preparation
to run) while the bowler is running up, the bowler may run
him out without bowling the ball. Batsmen cannot be run out
while the ball is dead - so they may confer in the middle
of the pitch between deliveries if they desire.
Hit Wicket:
If, in attempting to hit a ball or taking off for a first
run, the batsman touches and breaks the wicket. This includes
with the bat or dislodged pieces of the batsman's equipment
- even a helmet or spectacles!
Handle The Ball:
If a batsman touches the ball with a hand not currently holding
the bat, without the permission of the fielding side. This
does not include being hit on the hand by a delivery, or any
other non-deliberate action.
Obstructing The Field:
If a batsman deliberately interferes with the efforts of fielders
to gather the ball or effect a run out. This does not include
running a path between the fielder and the wicket so that
the fielder cannot throw the stumps down with the ball, which
is quite legal, but does include any deliberate attempt to
swat the ball away.
Hit The Ball Twice:
If a batsman hits a delivery with his bat and then deliberately
hits the ball again for any reason other than to defend his
wicket from being broken by the ball. If the ball is bouncing
or rolling around near the stumps, the batsman is entitled
to knock it away so as to avoid being bowled, but not to score
runs.
Timed Out:
If a new batsman takes longer than two minutes, from the time
the previous wicket falls, to appear on the field.
These methods of getting out are listed in
approximate order of how commonly they occur. The first five
are reasonably common, the last five quite rare. The last
three methods are almost never invoked.
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