tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post8333009359905344024..comments2024-03-28T12:44:14.970+05:30Comments on Bored Cricket Crazy Indians (BCC!) - play with cricket: Whither the laws?Gaurav Sethi http://www.blogger.com/profile/04330224127597873431noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-36286692997459062562010-08-18T11:23:41.461+05:302010-08-18T11:23:41.461+05:30Nothing in the law says the end of the match relie...Nothing in the law says the end of the match relies on the ball being dead, being ruled dead, or the end of the match being signalled. It does however only include boundaries if a winning total has not already been reached, and spells out that the score may not have been reached even when it appears to have been in the case of a catch. Revoking an incorrect no ball call when the ball is a bit like the catch situation or disallowing dodgy leg-byes, and doesn't have any impact on this situation in any case. <br /><br />[You could also see it as similar to the a slight discrepancy between the Laws' statement that one run is added instantly on the call of Wide, and the official interpretation that it is considered to have happened from the moment of delivery, before the call. While on that sort of thing, less problematic but similarly unclear from the text is the fact that "penalty runs" is not considered to include the "penalty of one run" for wide/no ball.]<br /><br />In general, I'm not keen on the law as it stands, but this is how the people who write the laws have been explaining it for a long time, very clearly since 2000 if not before then (when the rule for no balls was different anyway).Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663760985851423746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-7321362103541951532010-08-18T06:47:18.668+05:302010-08-18T06:47:18.668+05:30Jonathan,
Ball was in play, not ruled dead, atlea...Jonathan,<br /><br />Ball was in play, not ruled dead, atleast the on field umpires did not signal end of the match till after Sehwag had hit the six.<br /><br />Irrespective of whether it was Sehwag or not at the batting end, if the match is over after the umpire rules a dead ball, I am perfectly within my rights not to deliver the ball, no?<br /><br />Cheers,Homernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-63042348052646869362010-08-18T05:32:47.346+05:302010-08-18T05:32:47.346+05:30Of course I meant run out, not bowled.Of course I meant run out, not bowled.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663760985851423746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-5405802420341707332010-08-18T05:21:45.349+05:302010-08-18T05:21:45.349+05:30Don't quite see your point, Homer. No ball cal...Don't quite see your point, Homer. No ball called, ball delivered so call can't be revoked, nothing after that is part of the match, just like MCC trianing material has spelt out for years. Same goes it Sehwag had been bowled, rather than hit a 6.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663760985851423746noreply@blogger.com