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If the ball goes behind the batsman, and then goes over the wickets without touching the wickets, then is it a wide ball?

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No, this would not a wide ball. A wide is defined by Law 25:

If the bowler bowls a ball [...] the umpire shall adjudge it a Wide if [...] in his opinion the ball passes wide of the striker where he is and which also would have passed wide of him standing in a normal guard position.

(my emphasis). A striker standing in a normal guard position would be able to play a ball which passes over the stumps, so this is not a wide.

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  • Additionally any ball in one day cricket that passes over the stumps will not be called wide
    – Ben Whyall
    Commented Apr 3, 2016 at 14:06

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