Dismissing a batsman is always the goal of every bowler. Imagine, a bowler appeals “HOWZ THAT!” which makes each and everyone on the ground gets instantly excited and impatient about umpire’s decision, whether the batsman will be given out or not out, it gives you goose bumps right.
Watching a bowler celebrating for scalping a wicket to his name and the happiness on the faces of his teammates is a much more delightful sight. So, have you ever wondered in how many ways a batsman can be dismissed on the cricket field?
Here we look at the 9 ways of dismissing a batsman:
– by Rishita Patnaik
- BOWLED
After the bowler bowls, if the batsman misses it or deflects the ball accidentally on to the stumps knocking the bails off then the batsman is said to be ‘BOWLED’ and given out.
- CAUGHT
After a batsman hits the ball and a fielder catches it before it (the ball) hits the ground, then the batsman is declared as out.
- LBW (LEG BEFORE WICKET)
The name itself suggests, if a batsman misses the ball and then it hits his leg which is in-line with the stumps then the batsman can be given out. Point to be noted is that the ball should not hit the ground outside the leg stump and also it shouldn’t have touched the bat before hitting his leg which is in-line with the stumps. Only then the batsman is said to be dismissed for LBW.
- RUN OUT
When a batsman attempts to make a run with the help of his partner on the other end and the fielding side collects the ball and hits the stumps before either of the batsmen crosses his respective end line on the pitch, then the batsman who got stumped before crossing the end line is said to be run out. One more thing to be noted is that if a batsman crosses his end line then he should be in contact with the ground in order to be given not out.
- STUMPED
When the wicket keeper collects the ball bowled, hits the wickets and knocks the bails off when the batsman is outside of his batting crease then the batsman is said to be out.
- HIT WICKET
When a batsman hits the wickets accidentally with his body or bat or any of his equipment, after the bowl is bowled to them, and the bails come off then the batsman is said to be out hit wicket.
- HANDLED THE BALL
When a batsman intentionally deflects the ball from hitting the stumps with the hand, which is not holding the bat, then the batsman had handled the ball and hence given out.
A batsman can be given out by the empire if he deliberately obstructs the fielder from retrieving, catching or throwing the ball and also for intentionally obstructing the fielder attempting a run out.
- TIMED OUT
After the fall of a wicket, the next batsman has to take his charge on the field and face the next ball within 3 minutes or else he will be declared out.
There are two more ways that could happen rarely in which a batsman can get dismissed. They are ‘Hitting the ball twice’ and ‘Retired hurt’.
– by Rishita Patnaik