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DO YOU KNOW THE 10 WAYS OF GETTING OUT?
 
Caught

 
This is the most common way of getting out, when a fielder catches the ball directly off the bat, before it has hit the ground. The ball does not have to come directly off the bat though. It can deflect from the pad on to the bat or from the bat on to the pad and still be caught, so long as the fielder takes the ball on the full before it hits the ground.

If the ball hits the batter on the hand, below the wrist (or on any part of the glove), you can still be out caught.
It is not possible to be given out 'caught' off a no ball.
 
When a bowler takes a catch off his/her own bowling it is referred to as being caught and bowled, and when a wicketkeeper takes the catch the batter is deemed to have been caught behind.

If the ball gets caught in a batter’s pads and a fielder removes it and attempts to claim a catch, the umpire should give the batsman ‘not out’ as the ball is deemed a ‘dead ball’.
Bowled

 
The first part of any batter’s job is to protect the stumps. If a bowler manages to get a delivery through the defences of a batter and dislodge the bails on the wickets, then the dismissal is recorded as having been ‘bowled’.

This form of dismissal is the same whether the ball hits the stumps directly from leaving the bowler’s arm or whether it deflects on to the stumps off the bat or the batter.

You can not be bowled off a no ball.
 
 

Leg Before Wicket

 

 

 

The leg before wicket (lbw) law is to cricket what the offside rule is to football – confusing to plenty!

The umpire will consider giving a batsman out lbw if he believes that the ball would have hit the stumps if it had not been obstructed by the batter’s pads. But a number of things have to be taken into account by the umpire.

 

The batter can not be given out if:

  • the ball pitches outside the line of leg stump, regardless of whether or not the ball would hit the stumps.
  • the ball hits the bat before striking the pad then the batsman can not be given out.
  • the batter is struck on the pad outside the line of off stump, having made a genuine attempt to hit the ball.
  • the bowler bowls a no ball.

    But the batter can be given out if:
  • the batter is struck on the pad in front of the stumps.
  • the batter is struck on the pad outside the line of off stump, having not made an attempt to hit the ball.
    See the Rules section if you want to understand the LBW rules better

 

Stumped

If a batter ventures down the wicket to meet the ball there is a possibility that he/she can be stumped by the wicketkeeper.

A stumping occurs when the wicketkeeper is able to collect the ball and to dislodge the bails before the batter is able to get their bat or any part of their body grounded behind the batting crease.

Touching the batting crease with the bat or heel of the foot is not good enough to save the batter, there must have something in contact with the ground behind the crease.

You can’t be stumped off a no ball, but it is possible to be stumped off a wide.
 
 
Run out

 
Run outs are most frequent in limited over cricket and can happen at either end of the wicket.

A run out happens when the batters attempt to complete a run or runs and are short of the batting crease when the stumps are broken by the fielding team.

These can be very difficult decisions for umpires to adjudicate on and that is why at the highest level the third umpire, who has the benefit of seeing video replays, is often called upon to assist.
  
 
Timed Out
 
 
Because this is recognised as not a very sporting gesture, it is extremely rare that batters are ever ‘timed out’.

However, there is a Law that says when a wicket falls, the incoming batter must be in position to face the next ball within three minutes of the wicket falling.

Should this situation arise nobody is given the credit for the dismissal.
 
  
Handled the ball

 
If after playing the ball the batter is worried that it will roll back on to the stumps, he can knock the ball away with the bat, feet or pads, but if they use their hands then they can be given out ‘handled the ball’.

This was the case when England’s Michael Vaughan was dismissed in the third Test against India at Bangalore.

When a batter picks the ball up off the pitch to assist the fielding side it is widely seen as being unsporting to appeal for them to be dismissed for handling the ball.
 
  
Double Hit

 
 
 
This is another extremely rare dismissal but a batter can be given out having hit the ball twice if the second strike is seen as intentional.

However, if the second contact is made to assist the fielding side or protect the batter’s wicket then he/she should not be given out.
 
 
 
 
Hit Wicket

 
 
 
This mode of dismissal occurs when the batter either in the process of playing a shot or avoiding the ball disturbs his/her stumps.

This can be with the bat or with the body, but the bowler is still credited with the wicket. If the batsman dislodges the bails when takin a run, he will also be given out Hit Wicket, but it will count as a run-out.
 
  
 
Obstructing the field

 
The umpire can give a batsman out if he feels that the batsman has intentionally obstructed a member of the fielding side as they attempt to take a catch or effect a run out. One occasionally sees a fielder and a batsman colliding accidentally, this would normally not result in the batsman being given out.

Some batsman may also run alongside the pitch in such a way that he shields the wickets from the fielder that may throw at the wickets. This is normally acceptable, unless blatantly obstructing the field.