Cricket – The game of Gentlemen is not just a saying but a commitment itself, there are rules, there are regulations & then the boundations, and you are expected to follow them all. Well, some of the cricket rules are so weird that they made us go WTH! Read below to know more about our experience of weird cricket rules.
Weird LBW rules
LBW have always been a confusing site to me, the rule is more of a body by wicket kind of rule rather than the Leg Before Wicket. The LBW rule not just focuses on pronouncing a batsman out even in a situation wherein the ball comes in contact with any part of the batsman’s body provided that it is in front of the wicket, not necessarily focusing on just legs.
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Keeping up the Spirit of the Game
Keeping up with the sportsman is considered to be a prime aspect in the game of cricket. As per this cricket rule, the fielding team cannot put more than 2 fielders on the square behind the leg-side in any format of the game. This rule has been implemented to ensure that the game is fair to both the sides; otherwise, the fielding team could have placed various fielders on the square behind the leg-side, and the bowler could have kept on delivering bouncers resulting in even injuring the batsman.
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Ariel Stoppage
Ariel stoppage can significantly influence the game in both positive and negative aspects, positive for the batting team and negative for the fielding team. In an event, a batsman hits a smashing delivery up in the air, and the ball collides with any of the ariel subjects, then such collision is considered as Ariel Stoppage, and the ball is considered as a dead ball.
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An appeal is a Must
This is one of the most bizarre cricket laws one would have ever heard. Under this law, it does not matter whether a batsman is out or not, if you haven’t raised up your voice to demand a judgment, umpires won’t declare the batsman OUT asking him to walk off the pitch. This means no matter whether out or not you must Appeal!
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Double Strike: A Troublesome Move
Hitting a single ball twice with your bat can land you up in great trouble. The board of cricket considers deliberate and inadvertent double strikes wherein a batsman hits a single delivery twice, to be inadequate for which the batsman is pronounced as OUT!
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Confusing Leg Byes
Well, leg byes are the most common form of extras given to a team in the game of the cricket. However, at times these Leg Byes can be quite confusing for the viewers. Let’s imagine a situation wherein a bowler throws a ball which is about the hit the batsman, but the batsman tries to save himself, and the ball touches his helmet & makes its way across the short third man boundary without hitting the ground. It will be given a six, right? Well, no it will be given six leg byes, as the ball did not touch the bat, but it touched the helmet of the batsman. Confusing, right?
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Plenty of Penalties
Cricket is not just a game of players hitting smashing boundaries or bowlers throwing mystical balls, but it is also a game of penalties. There are a lot of penalties imposed in the game that makes it a game more of penalties. In case, the wicketkeeper has kept his helmet on the ground, and the ball touches the helmet kept on the ground then the batting team is awarded five points as a penalty to the fielding team.
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Recalling a Dismissed Batsman
Imagine a case, wherein a batsman post being declared OUT is called-up again on the field to carry on with his innings. Strange, right? This happens in the game. In case the captain of the fielding team believes that the batsman has been given out inadequately, then he holds the right to withdraw his appeal and call back the batsman to continue playing.
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Respecting Time
The game of cricket considers the time to be one of the most important things to be respected. In case a player fails to meet the time respect requirements, then the player is often awarded penalties.
