Nabhen

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Meelar (talk) 21:13, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Cricket quiz

Nabhen, Your answer was correct and it's your go. It's good to have another player on board! -- Ian ≡ talk 05:26, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Greetings, the holi-hangover continues! --Bhadani 07:36, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Q157

Hi, thanks for your query regarding Q157. The answer that Aloan gave was correct, but you are also correct in part. Yes, if the ball had been caught the batsman would have been out, but the fact that the batsman didn't play a shot at the ball or avoid injury does not mean the ball becomes dea automatically. You need to read Law 26, and note the wording: If a ball delivered by the bowler first strikes the person of the striker, runs shall be scored only if the umpire is satisfied that the striker has either (i) attempted to play the ball with his bat, or (ii) tried to avoid being hit by the ball. If the umpire is satisfied that either of these conditions has been met, and the ball makes no subsequent contact with the bat, runs completed by the batsmen or a boundary allowance shall be credited to the batting side as in (b).

It doesn't matter that the ball goes on to hit the bat, as the ball first hits the striker's pads then the provision of Law 26 still apply. The fact that the ball does hit the matter only means that if he had played a shot then the runs would not have been leg-byes. Hope this answers your query. --Wisden17 12:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC)