If a ball hits something in the air (e.g. helicam or any bird) and is then caught, will the batsman be given out?
In short for hitting a bird it would be considered out as under law 23 the ball would not be dead.
With regards helicam that is a little more tricky. I am trying to look for the regulations regarding its use. I suspect it would be a dead ball, but under simple law it would also be out.
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3I think you're right about something like a heli-cam or spider-cam, if these are in place regulations should also be in place for those matches. There's also the concept of local rules, dealing with things like trees in the playing area etc. – TrueDub Oct 25 '15 at 15:59
I think this happened once in the IPL. The ball hit the helicam and went for a four, and the batsman was given four runs. It should have been a dead ball but the umpire gave him a bit of a leeway there.
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I'm sorry, it wasn't actually a wicket but it went for a four. While cricketing rules state that the ball should be declared dead, the umpire gave a little leeway there. The umpire's word is final, after all. The match was DD vs RCB and Yuvraj Singh was batting. – Aman Thakkar Dec 24 '15 at 8:30
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1I suggest you edit that extra information into the answer rather than leaving it as a comment. – Chenmunka Dec 24 '15 at 10:20
