Aug 29, 2026
Hit wicket in cricket: what the rule says and why T20 produces six times as many
Hit wicket has happened 119 times in 4.17 million deliveries, and a batter is six times likelier to go this way in a T20 league than in a Test. What L...
Cricket Rules
18 articles tagged with "Cricket Rules"
Aug 28, 2026
Dead ball in cricket: the rule, the umpire’s call, and what changes in October 2026
A dead ball is a ball no longer in play, and it is Law 20, not Law 23. Here is when the ball dies on its own, when the umpire has to call it, and the...
Jul 21, 2026
Cricket’s laws are being rewritten, and the Ranji Trophy starts ten days after they land
The MCC’s new edition of the Laws takes effect on October 1 with 73 amendments, headlined by a final over that has to be bowled out even after a wicke...
Mar 25, 2026
IPL 2026 captains meet BCCI in Mumbai as Impact Player rule survives another season
All ten IPL captains gathered at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Wednesday for the customary pre-season briefing ahead of the 19th edition of the tourn...
Jun 3, 2024
Super Over rules in cricket: what the ICC conditions actually say
A Super Over is one over each, two wickets and most runs wins – and the rule is not in the Laws of Cricket at all.
May 1, 2024
LBW full form in cricket: what leg before wicket means, and the five conditions that decide it
Leg before wicket is Law 36, and it is rarer than it feels: about one wicket in ten. The five conditions in full, and why the arrival of DRS did not c...
Apr 24, 2024
Wide ball in cricket: the rules, the markings, and how often one is actually called
A wide costs one run, does not count as a ball in the over, and is the single biggest source of extras in limited-overs cricket. Here is what Law 22 s...
Apr 19, 2024
Mankading in cricket: the rule, every dismissal, and what changes in October 2026
Running out the non-striker has been legal since 1947 and stopped being filed under unfair play in 2022. Here is what Law 38.3 actually says, every in...
Apr 12, 2024
DRS full form in cricket: what the Decision Review System is, and how often reviews actually work
Three out of every four DRS reviews fail. A derivation of 11,818 reviews across Tests, ODIs, T20Is and the IPL shows who gets them right, and why the...
Feb 17, 2024
Obstructing the field in cricket: what Law 37 says and every batter it has dismissed
Obstructing the field is the rarest dismissal in cricket: 15 times in 4.17 million deliveries. Here is what Law 37 actually says, why Angkrish Raghuva...
Nov 6, 2023
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy winners list: every champion from 2006-07 to Jharkhand
Jharkhand won their first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2025-26. The full winners list, every final with its margin and venue, and the titles won by each...
Jun 9, 2023
Types of out in cricket: all 10 ways to be dismissed, and how often each one happens
Nine of the ten have their own Law and the tenth hides in a sub-clause of Law 25. Four of them account for 97 per cent of the wickets in four million...
Jan 15, 2023
Retired hurt vs retired out in cricket: the difference, and how often the batter comes back
Retired hurt keeps the right to resume; retired out spends a wicket to speed the scoring. We counted every retirement in the ball-by-ball record to fi...
Oct 24, 2022
Free hit in cricket: the rules, and what a free hit is actually worth
Only three dismissals survive a free hit, and in eleven years of limited-overs cricket only one of them has ever actually happened. Here is what the r...
Apr 20, 2022
Golden duck in cricket: what it means, every type of duck, and how often each happens
A duck is any dismissal for nought and a golden duck is one to the first ball faced. Here is what every type means, and what the ball by ball record s...
Feb 1, 2022
No ball rules in cricket: every type, the free hit, and what a no ball actually costs
A no ball costs the fielding side a penalty run, an extra delivery and a free hit on which the batter can only be run out. Every situation the Laws ca...
Feb 1, 2022
SG cricket ball: who makes it, what the Laws require, and why India’s Tests use it
The SG is the red ball used for Test cricket in India, made by hand in Meerut. What the Laws require of any cricket ball, and how the SG differs from...
Jun 19, 2021
What is the follow-on in cricket? The Test rule, and how often captains actually use it
The follow-on lets a side that leads by 200 runs send the opposition straight back in. Here is Law 14 in full, and what 822 Tests say about how often...