Getting Out

 There are 10 ways of getting out in Cricket. They are:

When a person gets out, another player replaces him. This goes on till 10 wickets have fallen (10 people out). If a person is not out after 50 overs, then a '*' symbol is placed after his score, signifying 'not out' .  e.g. 54 *

Catches, bowled, handled the ball, LBW, Hit Wicket & stumping decisions are credited to the bowler. Hit wicket to timed out decisions rarely occur in the game. If a person is declared OUT, the runs scored from that ball is nullified. The exception to this is the RUN OUT.

Caught (c.)

A batsman can be caught by a fielder, bowler or wicket-keeper. It is the most common way of getting out. A batsman is declared out "CAUGHT " if:

• The ball bowled is not a No-ball or dead ball (seen later).

• The batsman hits the ball with his bat or gloves.

• The fielder catches the ball with his hands only, and not with a helmet, clothing etc.

• The fielder brings the ball under control, without the ball touching the ground.

If he is caught by the bowler it is a "Caught & Bowled". If it caught by the wicketkeeper it is a "caught behind". Caught is identical to fly-out in baseball.

Bowled (b.)

A batsman is Out BOWLED if:

• The ball is not a No-ball or dead ball (seen later).

• The ball is either missed by the batsman OR deflected of his bat or body.

• The ball then hits the wicket and DISLODGES a bail completely from its resting position.

Then the batsman is out, Bowled. If the ball does not touch the bat or clothing before hitting the wicket, then it he is " Clean Bowled ." Bowled is equivalent to the Strike-Out in baseball.

Run Out

While the batsmen are exchanging ends to score runs, the region between the Batting and Popping crease is the 'danger' region and the region after it is the 'safe' region.

If an opposing player knocks the bails of the stumps, either with a direct throw or with the ball in his hands, and the batsman is stranded in between these 2 creases (crease lines included), he is RUN OUT.

Note: A batsman can be run out on illegal (foul) balls such as no-balls and wides. This is equivalent to the Ground-Out in baseball.

A unique run-out is the Run-cut-out. If the bowler starts his bowling run-up, and sees that the non-striker is out of the crease, he warns the non-striker. If this warning, is not heeded the third time, the bowler can run him out without delivering the ball to the striker.

Only the run scored of the last run is nullified, eg. If a batsman runs three runs and gets run out during the third run, the third run is nullified, but the other two are recorded.