"Pairs in Test and first-class cricket A ""pair"" in cricket refers to when a batsman is dismissed for a duck (without scoring) in both innings. It is called a 'king pair' if the batsman gets out for a golden duck [getting out on the first ball he faced] in both innings. The name originates from the two noughts together being thought to resemble a pair of spectacles; the longer form is occasionally used. New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin has been dismissed without scoring in both innings during seven Test matches, three more than any other player. Five players have"
"Run out Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket. A batsman is out ""Run out"" if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing side. A batsman may be dismissed ""Run out"" whether or not a run is being attempted, even if the delivery is a no-ball (i.e. not a fair delivery). There are a number of exceptions to this: The batsman"
"Extra (cricket) In the sport of cricket, an extra (sometimes called a sundry) is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball. Other than runs scored off the bat from a ""no-ball"", a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score. A game with many extras is often considered as untidy bowling; conversely, a game having few extras is seen as tidy bowling. An umpire may call a ""no-ball"" when the bowler or fielder commits an illegal action during bowling."
"Bye (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a bye is a run scored by the batting team when the ball has not been hit by the batsman and the ball has not hit the batsman's body. Usually, if the ball passes the batsman without being deflected, the wicket-keeper will catch it. This normally prevents the scoring of runs because the batsmen will be unable to complete a run before being stumped or run out by the wicket-keeper. However, if the wicket-keeper fumbles or misses the ball, the batsmen may be able to score runs safely. These runs are scored as"
"called when the ball cannot be recovered without outside assistance. Lost ball In the sport of cricket, if a ball in play cannot be found or recovered, any fielder may call lost ball. The game then proceeds as described in Law 20 of the laws of cricket. This Law prescribes that the ball immediately ceases to be in play. In cricket the same ball is used for each delivery and only changed rarely: either at request of the fielding captain after a set number of fair deliveries (80 in Test cricket) or when the ball is damaged. Also, the wear"
"Dismissal (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a dismissal occurs when the batsman is out (also known as the fielding side taking a wicket and/or the batting side losing a wicket). At this point, a batsman must discontinue batting and leave the field permanently for the innings. A bowling team dismisses (or bowls out) the entire batting team by dismissing 10 of the 11 players (assuming player(s) from the batting team have not retired hurt or are absent). As the players bat in pairs, when only one person is undismissed, it is not possible for them to bat any longer."
"Stumped Stumped is a method of dismissal in cricket. The action of stumping can only be performed by a wicket-keeper and, according to the Laws of Cricket, a batsman can be given out stumped if: Being ""out of his ground"" is defined as not having any part of the batsman's body or his bat touching the ground behind the crease – i.e., if his bat is slightly elevated from the floor despite being behind the crease, or if his foot is on the crease line itself but not completely across it and touching the ground behind it, then he would"
"averaged around 3 or 4 byes per Test. Lindsay conceded no byes at all in his last four Tests. The umpire signals byes by raising his arm into a vertical position, the palm of his hand open to distinguish between the signal for byes and out. Passed ball - baseball term for an unhit uncaught ball Bye (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a bye is a run scored by the batting team when the ball has not been hit by the batsman and the ball has not hit the batsman's body. Usually, if the ball passes the batsman without"
"the ball"" in the history of Test cricket, and two in One Day Internationals. Dismissal (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a dismissal occurs when the batsman is out (also known as the fielding side taking a wicket and/or the batting side losing a wicket). At this point, a batsman must discontinue batting and leave the field permanently for the innings. A bowling team dismisses (or bowls out) the entire batting team by dismissing 10 of the 11 players (assuming player(s) from the batting team have not retired hurt or are absent). As the players bat in pairs, when only"
"each player plays for himself, and fields when he is not batting. Often, there is one wicket, and one bowling position, and no overs. If the batsman runs an odd number of runs, he is allowed to walk back to the wicket before the next ball is bowled. Informal cricket in the UK is often known as garden cricket and is played in gardens and recreation grounds around the country. Because of limited space in gardens and the potential damage to property, one particular version of garden cricket is unique in that there are no concept of runs as attacking"
"No-hitter In baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game and colloquially as a no-no) is a game in which a team was not able to record a single hit. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have ""thrown a no-hitter"". This is a rare accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff: only 299 have been thrown in Major League Baseball history since 1876, an average"
"This can occur if the batsman requires medical attention away from the ground. It is therefore possible for the side batting last in a match to lose despite only losing nine (or potentially fewer) wickets. For the purposes of calculating a batting average, a scorecard entry of 'Retired, hurt' or 'Retired, ill' is considered not out. In cricket, a batsman retires out if he retires without the umpire's permission, and does not have the permission of the opposing captain to resume his innings. If such a return does not occur, the batman is marked as ""retired out"" and this is"
"any play from occurring at all. If the bowler of the first over of play has not started his/her runup when the officials decide to abandon play then the result is termed 'abandoned without a ball being bowled'. Such a game is not included in official statistical records. Before July 2004, the same result occurred if the toss had been taken but the match was abandoned before a ball was bowled. Since 2004, the International Cricket Council for International matches has decreed that a match where the toss takes place but which is abandoned without a ball being bowled is"
"""won"" the game, and the side scoring fewer has ""lost"". If the match ends without all the innings being completed, the result may be a draw or no result. The result of a match is a ""tie"" when the scores are equal at the conclusion of play, but only if the side batting last has completed its innings (i.e. all innings are completed, or, in limited-overs cricket, the set number of overs has been played or play is terminally stopped by weather or bad light). This is unusual in Test cricket: only two tied Tests have ever occurred. In some"
"sources refer to them as ""no-ball"". No-ball In the sport of cricket a no-ball is a penalty against the fielding team, usually as a result of an illegal delivery by the bowler. For most cricket games, especially amateur ones, the definition of all forms of no-ball is from the MCC ""Laws of Cricket"" The delivery of a no-ball results in one run – two under some regulations – to be added to the batting team's score, and an additional ball must be bowled. In addition, the number of ways in which the batsman can be given out is reduced to"
"Substitute (cricket) A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill after the nomination of the players at the start of the game. The rules for substitutes appear in Law 24 of the ""Laws of cricket"". The use of substitutes is known from the 18th century. In the report of a match on Monday, 5 September 1748, the role is termed a ""Seeker-out""; this was in the sense that George Smith, who was carrying an injury and had been granted a substitute fielder in previous"
"Timed out Timed out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It occurs when an incoming batsman is not ready to play within three minutes of the previous batsman being out.. It is very rare to be out in such a fashion, and has never occurred in any international match. Law 40 of the ""Laws of Cricket"" provides that an incoming batsman must be in position to take guard or for his partner to be ready to receive the next ball within three minutes of the fall of the previous wicket. If this requirement is not met,"
"(unless itself is a no-ball or wide). When a no-ball is bowled, runs are awarded to the batting team. Under the Laws of Cricket a one run penalty is awarded. In Test cricket and One Day International cricket the award is also one run; in some domestic competitions, particularly one-day cricket competitions, the award is two runs. All such penalty runs are scored as extras and are added to the batting team's total, but are not credited to the batsman. For scoring, no-balls are considered to be the fault of the bowler (even if the infringement was committed by a"
"it is a run out, even if the fielder never has any control of the ball. If the striker steps in front of the crease to play the ball, leaving no part of his anatomy or the bat on the ground behind the crease, and the wicket-keeper is able to remove the bails from the wicket with the ball, then the striker is out. A stumping is most likely to be effected off slow bowling, or (less frequently) medium-paced bowling when the wicketkeeper is standing directly behind the stumps. A stumping is the only method of dismissal, from a wide"
"limited overs cricket. Batsmen further down the batting order than the not out batsmen do not come out to the crease at all and are noted as ""did not bat"" rather than ""not out""; by contrast, a batsman who comes to the crease but faces no balls is ""not out"". A batsman who ""retires hurt"" is considered not out; an uninjured batsman who retires (rare) is considered ""retired out"". In standard notation a batsman's score is appended with an asterisk to show the not out final status; for example, ""10*"" means '10 not out'. Batting averages are personal and are"
"went on to score a match-winning 120 not out to qualify his team for the semi-finals; Australia went on to win the tournament. Caught Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. Being caught out is the most common method of dismissal at higher levels of competition. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 33 of the Laws of cricket which reads:<br> ""The striker is out Caught if a ball delivered by the bowler, not being a No ball, touches his/her bat without having previously been in contact with any fielder, and is subsequently"
"tail-enders, who are unlikely to survive for long against quality bowling and whom an experienced batsman will normally try to protect. Single (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a single is scored when the batsman take one run, either following a successful shot (with the run attributed to the on-strike batsman) or when running for a bye or leg bye (counted as an extra). Unlike when a boundary is hit (and the run are scored even if the batsmen don't leave their creases), scoring a single requires the batsmen to physically run between the wickets. This introduces the risk of"
"century among cricket statisticians, who have used this method of collecting batting averages since the 18th century, after some intervening controversy. Not out In cricket, a batsman is not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. The batsman is also ""not out"" while his innings is still in progress. At least one batsman is not out at the end of every innings, because once ten batsmen are out, the eleventh has no partner to bat on with so the innings ends. Usually two batsmen finish not"
"Single (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a single is scored when the batsman take one run, either following a successful shot (with the run attributed to the on-strike batsman) or when running for a bye or leg bye (counted as an extra). Unlike when a boundary is hit (and the run are scored even if the batsmen don't leave their creases), scoring a single requires the batsmen to physically run between the wickets. This introduces the risk of being run out, so effective communication between the batsmen is vital. If one batsman attempts to run and the other stays"
"common practice known as ""backing up"", but against the laws of cricket if the non-striker leaves his crease before the bowler has released the ball). The bowler may then dislodge the bails at his/her end without completing the run-up and dismiss the batsman. This form of run-out is called the Mankad (the dismissed batsman is said to have been ""Mankaded""), in reference to Vinoo Mankad, the first bowler to dismiss a batsman in this manner in a Test match, running out Bill Brown in 1947. With changes in the Laws of Cricket, a bowler cannot Mankad a batsman once they"
"batsman has a 1/3 chance of being not out, if the 'Not Out' or 'No Ball' is signalled. As in real cricket a 'No Ball' entitles the batsman to an additional strike (roll) and an extra run. A batsman is out if 'bowled', 'stumped', 'caught', or 'L.B.W.’ are signalled, and the next batsman comes to the crease. Depending on the cricket format the batting side is dismissed when all the batsmen are out or and if the over limit is reached. The other side then bats in an attempt to score more runs and hence win. The game is elegant,"
"Overthrow (cricket) In cricket, an overthrow (sometimes called a buzzer) is an extra run scored by a batsman as a result of the ball not being collected by a fielder in the centre, having been thrown in from the outfield. Overthrows usually occur when a fielder aims unsuccessfully at the stumps in an attempt to run out a batsman, although sometimes they are due to handling errors by the fielder receiving the ball. Runs scored in this manner are counted in addition to any runs already scored before the fielding error took place, and are credited to the batsman. If"
"No goal No goal is a call made by referees in various goal-scoring sports (football, hockey, lacrosse, etc.) to indicate that a goal has not been scored. It is commonly used to disallow an apparent goal, such as when the ball or puck has entered the net but should not count as a score due to some foul or infraction. Because the decision often depends on a subjective assessment by the referee, and especially if the score might be critical, such calls can be hotly contested. For fans of one of the teams involved, it may thus refer to a"
"it. Prior to his retirement from Test cricket Australian captain Steve Waugh called for leg byes to be removed from the sport, commenting: ""I don't think you should get runs when you miss the ball."" Umpires signal a leg bye with a hand touching their raised knee. Leg bye In the sport of cricket, a leg bye is a run scored by the batting team if the batsman has not hit the ball with his or her bat, but the ball has hit the batsman's body or protective gear. It is covered by Law 23 of the Laws of Cricket."
"off a ""six"", as long as it has not previously touched the ground. This negates any physical or bonus runs that might have been awarded. A method of dismissal in indoor cricket that is far more prevalent than its outdoor counterpart is the mankad. A mankad is given out if the bowler completes their bowling action without releasing the ball, breaks the stumps at their end without letting go of the ball and the non-striker is out of their ground. Whilst lbw is a valid form of dismissal in indoor cricket, it is a far rarer occurrence in indoor than"
"score. A draw refers to a two-innings match that does not reach a conclusion, usually through a lack of time and/or rain. A limited overs match which does not reach a conclusion due to rain is not considered a draw, but rather is said to have ""no result"". Cricket scorers keep track of many other facts of the game. As a minimum a scorer would note: Traditionally, the score book might record each ball bowled by a bowler and each ball faced by a batsman, but not necessarily which batsman faced which ball. Linear scoring systems were developed from the"
"Bowled Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 32 of the ""Laws of Cricket"". A batter is out bowled if his or her wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler. It is irrelevant whether the ball has touched the bat, glove, or any part of the batsman before going on to put down the wicket, though it may not touch another player or an umpire before doing so. Such rules mean that bowled is the most obvious of dismissals: almost never requiring"
"match bans, as adjudicated and imposed by the match referee. Appeal (cricket) In the sport of cricket, an appeal is the act of a player on the fielding team asking an umpire for a decision regarding whether a batsman is out or not. According to Law 31 of the Laws of Cricket, an umpire may not rule a batsman out unless the fielding side appeals. On many occasions when a batsman has otherwise technically been out, the fielding team neglects to appeal, so the umpire does not declare them out. An appeal may be made at any point before the"