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About Gary S Nichol
Expertise
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!

Experience
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

Organizations
The Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers (United Kingdom)

Awards and Honors
1997 ACU&S Tom Smith Award
1999 ACU&S Arthur Sims Award

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Cricket - Overthrows

Expert: Gary S Nichol - 10/15/2009

Question
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

Answer
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).

GSN

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