Questions about the sport of cricket.
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Why are left arm spinners called differently?
Right arm spinners are either off spinners or leg spinners. But left arm spinners are refered to as chinaman and orthodox. They are never refered to as off spinners or leg spinners. Why are left arm ...
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Rules for hat-trick while bowling
I define a hat-trick as "three successes of the same kind".
If a bowler bowls a wide ball/dead ball in between consecutive wickets
ie,
W W Wd W
Will it be a hat-trick wicket?
What about the ...
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Why are 5 runs awarded if the ball hits the helmet?
Why are 5 runs awarded if the ball hits the helmet behind the wicket-keeper?
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Does the Duckworth–Lewis method work correctly for all matches?
D/L method is commonly used for limited over matches.
Does it work fine?
The opening players didn't know it would rain that day, so they defend to stand for 20 to 25 overs; then how is it correct for ...
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Does the batsman get runs on No ball when the team requires only 1 run to win?
Suppose, A batsman is on strike with 98 runs. The scores are level so the batting team requires only 1 run to win. Now suppose in the next ball, the bowler bowls a No ball and the batsman hits FOUR or ...
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Is it a boundary or overthrows?
Consider a scenario where a fielder is chasing a ball that is running away to the boundary. He puts in a dive, gets a hand to the ball but it runs over the boundary ropes. The umpire signals a ...
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How does Retired Hurt and Absent Hurt affect career average
If a batsman has retired hurt while batting, will this innings be added as an innings in his statistics (Does it affect his career batting average)?
What about the innings count in the case of Absent ...
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Is there any rules regarding the position of the Wicket keeper?
After watching an IPL match i had this doubt. In the match the wicket keeper stood close to the 30 yard circle and the umpire Simon Tauffel came up to the wicket keeper and asked him to move forward.
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What is the maximum runs allowed to take by running between the wickets? [duplicate]
What is the maximum number of runs allowed to take by running between the wickets per ball including overthrows in international cricket?
If a batsman doubted that he or his partner didn't get reach ...
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Highest runs that a batsman can score in an over?
Assuming there are no overthrows and no extras (like no-balls, wide balls, etc), what is the highest a batsman score in an over?
UPDATE:
If the ball first hits the bat, then the helmet and goes for a ...
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Hat-trick rules for different match/innings
If a bowler takes wicket in the last ball of an over and takes other two wickets in the first two balls of the next over then it is considered as Hat-trick.
But what if a bowler takes last two ...
