Questions tagged [cricket]
Questions about the sport of cricket.
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Which player had the longest professional career?
Which player had the longest professional career, in terms of years? For example, Sachin Tendulkar played cricket professionally for 24 years. Are there any players (across all professional sports) ...
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When was the crowd sound level introduced in the sport of cricket?
I noticed that the crowd sound level was displayed when Daryl Mitchell was dismissed in the semi-final of the World Cup 2023.
When was the crowd sound level introduced in the sport of cricket?
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Can you be stumped if the ball hit the bat or the batter?
Can you be stumped if the ball hit accidentally the bat or the batter before being caught by the wicket keeper?
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Responsibility of the batsman to be ready for the bowler
Is there a rule that states that a batsman must be ready for the bowler, or is it just good etiquette? I'm not referring to waiting for a new bat to come in after a wicket has fallen. I'm talking ...
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Run out on wide ball
If any batsman or non-striker batsman gets run out on a wide ball, will that ball be counted as a legal delivery, or still be called a wide with extra run ?
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Is it considered caught if the ball hits the handle of the bat and is caught?
Is it considered caught out if the cricket ball hits the handle of the bat and nothing else and the ball is subsequently caught?
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Timed out in cricket
I've learned that timed out means the batsman takes over 3 minutes to enter the field of play after a wicket falls.
Which batsman will be given out for this? (ie, whether the batting team had any ...
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Is there a bowler without a wide or no-ball in their international career?
Is there any bowler with a minimum of 5000 delivieries in international cricket who has never bowled a wide or no-ball in their entire career?
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What is the science behind reverse swing?
How do bowlers actually get the ball to reverse? What conditions do they need to get the ball to swing and what are some of the tactics used to get the ball to swing?
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Former British colonies and cricket
Some former British colonies, from India to Australia to the nations of the West Indies, have notable cricket teams and a significant number of cricket fans.
However, this is not the same everywhere. ...
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How many times has Shoaib Akhtar bowled 160 kmph or faster?
How many times has Shoaib Akhtar bowled faster than 160 kmph?
During the England vs Pakistan match in the 2003 World Cup, he delivered at the speed of 161.3kmph. Is this the only occasion?
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How to bowl a "Doosra" in the game of cricket?
I have seen finger spinners in the game of cricket spinning the ball both ways without changing their action. How is it done?
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Law 41.16 Cricket
I would like some clarification about the law 41.16, i.e. Mankad.
What if the bowler fails to run out the no-striker runner?
We have two situations:
A) No-striker manages to be back in touch with his ...
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How many continuous no-ball deliveries are allowed?
If a bowler bowls a no-ball, penalty associated with it are provided to the batting team. In a situation, if the bowler for some reason happens to bowl no-ball again and again, what are the possible ...
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How to understand this new phase format table in cricket world cup 2019?
Recently, cricket world cup 2019 live TV channels are showing this new phase format table:
Overs
India
Best performance
New Zealand
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Bumrah - 2/64
10-20
Kane Williamson - 52
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How far along the crease can a non-striker stand?
In cricket, how far along the crease is a non-striker allowed to stand to the right or left?
Could they stand at the boundary and still be in their ground, or is there a limit to the "width" ...
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Who took the most wickets in 1 over in cricket?
Who took the most wickets in 1 over in cricket? I got to know that Muhammad Aamir is not the right answer; there is someone else who took more wickets than him.
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Non striker position in cricket [duplicate]
Before the ball is pitched by the bowler, could the non striker stand, on his ground, where they like? I mean I know he can not stand in pitching trajectory of bowler but could he stand, ie. his ...
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How does the slope at Lord's aid swing bowling?
I have heard that the slope at Lord's runs down from Nursery end (media centre) to the Pavilion end with a height of around 8 feet.
Wikipedia mentions that the slope aids in-swing from one end and ...
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Is Cricket the only sport which is played at a county level?
So, most sports have local amateur teams.
Most sports have a professional team or two for each town or city.
Most sports have teams who represent their nation.
The only one I know of tho have ...
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What are the premier Cricket competitions and leagues in the world?
Over the last few years I've started to pay a bit more attention to Cricket, but I'm far removed from the culture and don't have much of an understanding of it.
So the question is:
If a person was ...
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LBW with an edge
If the striker gets an edge that would have hit the wicket but strikes the batsman instead is it leg before wicket?
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Hat trick for bowler including a run out [duplicate]
Usually, if a bowler takes two wickets in three balls and the third is a run-out, this is not a hat trick since the bowler is not credited with the wicket for the run-out.
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Reserve day in cricket
The recently concluded fourth test in Ashes between England and Australia ended in a draw where England were looking to draw the series , but unfortunately rain spoiled the game which ended in draw.So ...
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Cricket loophole: time wasting tactic
Having looked at this question about time wasting tactics by fielding teams in test cricket, I thought about the following scenario: What if, instead of the fielders refusing to chase the ball, the ...
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Has a team ever declared whilst still trailing?
Has a team ever declared whilst still trailing the opposition in a First Class / Test Match before?
While it may seem counter intuitive, seemingly giving your opponent an advantage going into the ...
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How to calculate strike rate of a cricket batsman with fully considering extras?
AS title, there are 5 types of extras as I know: byes, no balls, leg byes, penalty, and wides. Is there a way to tell which type of extras needs to be counted and which doesn't?
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How to bowl a big leg break?
I think I have understood the grip of leg break ("two fingers up and two down"), but I am having problems understanding how to release the ball; when to uncock my wrist, where will my palm ...
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Is a batsman out if a fielder hits the wickets with their hand, not holding the ball, before the batsman reaches the crease?
In the game of cricket, there are several ways a batsman can be dismissed. One of these ways is if they fail to reach the crease before the fielder hits the wickets with the ball while running between ...
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When is a cricket ball dead?
I feel sure that I learned, decades ago, at school that the ball is dead "when the umpire deems it to be dead".
In other words the umpires at the Lords' test (including the third umpire), ...
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Leaving a wide ball and running byes?
Is it in the rules to run byes on a wide ball which the batsman leaves? So if I leave a wide ball, can I then run byes off it if the keeper fumbles, or will the byes not count?
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How to seam a cricket ball and control which way it turns?
I have recently been introduced to the wobble seam delivery and was wondering whether there was a delivery out there that lets the bowler control which way it turns without sacrificing speed. I am ...
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What are the key differences in batting strategies and shot selection between Test cricket, One Day Internationals (ODIs),T20 matches?
How do shot selection, strategies adopted, and the approach of the team differ in Test, one-day games, and T20 formats of cricket? How do they adapt to these conditions and play according to the ...
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How do bowlers adjust their tactics and bowling styles and length when transitioning from T20s to Test cricket
Now that the World Test Championship final is going to be held, how do bowlers who have played in the IPL or any T20 suddenly adapt to test conditions within such a short duration? What strategies do ...
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What injuries do cricketers face, and how do they recover from them?
This season of the IPL (Indian Premier League) saw many players getting injured and many new players were roped in as replacements. I wanted to know why is it that injuries are so common in modern-day ...
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How are the sizes of cricket stadiums set?
I think the stadium at Ahmedabad in India is the world's largest cricket stadium (in terms of occupancy and capacity). Who decides how big a stadium can be? How are the dimensions set for the pitches?
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Why couldn't Nantie Hayward continue his international cricket career for long?
Nantie Hayward was a South African fast bowler who started his international career in 1998/99. I watched his bowling. He was very fast and accurate. At that time, everyone watching him playing ...
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Why tapping the bat on the pitch is not considered illegal?
Why does tapping the bat on the pitch (including the danger zone) not considered as illegal but a bowler running over the danger zone is given a warning?
I assume that even if a batsman is "...
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'Cow point': is this an idiomatic term for a fielding position in cricket, thinking in particular of on the Subcontinent?
I've just been watching a T-20 match played in the Subcontinent, and a field position was referred to as 'cow point'. 'Cow corner' is standard nowadays, but this seemed to be in the deep backward ...
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Super over for super over
If the runs scored in a super over by two teams were level, how will the winning side be determined?
E.g. Team A scored 10 runs in 6 balls and Team B scored 10 runs in 5/6 balls with two wickets lost;...
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Is the batter out if the ball hits a falling stump?
In our last cricket match, the on-strike batter hit the ball and tried to score a single run.
While they try to score a run, a fielder throws the ball to the non-striker's end and the bowler tries to ...
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What is the rule for LBW in case of a switch hit?
How does the rule change when the batsmen attempts a switch hit. Can the umpire rule out if the ball is pitching outside leg stump and then hits the batsman in line with the stumps? By outside leg ...
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Dismiss 10 players in an over in unique ways without conceding a run
I read a problem in the newspaper around 10 years back. Here is the problem
Team A scored 250 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. Team B was 250 for 0 in 49 overs. Eventually Team A won the match by ...
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Does a ball count if it hits an umpire?
What happens in a scenario where the batsman plays a shot down the ground and it hits the umpire? Isn't it unfair to the batsman to lose a certain boundary had there been one? Does the ball count as a ...
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Ball touching the ground during a catch in cricket
If a fielder takes a catch and the ball touches the ground (ball is in hand only, but it’s touching the ground at the same time), is it considered as out?
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Why are cricket bats smooth?
I have noticed that the surface of cricket bats are smooth. What's the science behind it?
What would happen if the surface of the bat was rough? Would that increase our effort to play shots?
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Cricket, run out without bails
In a local league game because of windy conditions bails weren't used at either ends. The bowler disturbed the wickets with his legs before collecting the ball and running out the non striker when the ...
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What is the result of a fielder jumping from outside the boundary to catch a ball?
Suppose that a fielder is running to catch the ball or field the ball and is running towards the boundary.
Eventually or willfully the fielder crosses the boundary rope before he is going to touch ...
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Six or fielder has saved the six [duplicate]
If a fielder jumps from outside the boundary rope to save Six, while he was in air.
Would it be six or fielder has save the six?
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