Cricket/Overthrows
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Hi Gary,
If a fielder stops the ball, while batsmen are taking runs, and throws it back wildly which then goes over the boundary rope, will it be given as 6 overthrows?
Also, If a bowler bowls a nasty bouncer which goes over the batsman, over the wicket keeper and over the boundary rope will it be 6 wides?
Regards,
Sathya
Hello
1. The number of runs the batsmen had scored at the time of the overthrow, plus the run in progress, will count in addition to a boundary 4 (not a 6).
2. No. Ignoring that this is probably physically impossible unless the ground is tiny, a boundary 6 can only be scored off the bat (it's somewhere in the Laws, I don't have a book to hand).
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Gary S Nichol
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General or specific questions on the MCC Laws of Cricket, which have changed recently. Also general question on the English First-Class game. Not too good with cricket in other countries, as I am English!
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Qualified Member - Umpire of the Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers (ACU&S). This catagory of membership, the highest possible for a cricket umpire, requires taking two written exams, an oral exam, two full years of experience and then approval of the application for membership by a committee. I have been umpiring full-time for the past 5 years
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The Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers (United Kingdom)
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1997 ACU&S Tom Smith Award
1999 ACU&S Arthur Sims Award
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