1 - Caught
Probably the most common way of a batsmen getting out is when he is caught. The ball has to hit either the bat or the hand, it must be below the wrist, and then is caught by a fielder before the ball has touched the ground.
The only two exceptions are if the ball comes of the bat or hand and then gets stuck in the batsman’s pads, in which case the ball is deemed to have become a dead ball, or if they were caught off a no-ball.
2 - Bowled
A batsman is bowled if the bowler has hit the stumps and one of the two bails has been knocked off. You cannot bowl a batsman out from a no-ball.
3 - Stumped
If the batsman is out of their batting crease and the wicketkeeper collects the ball and takes off the bails, then the batsmen is out stumped. A batsman must have either the bat or part of their body in contact with the ground behind the batting crease not to be out. You can be stumped off a wide but not off a no-ball.
4 - Run Out
Like the stumping, a batsman must have the bat or part of his body touching the ground beyond the batting crease. If the stumps are knocked down before they achieve this, then they are run out.
You can be run out from a no-ball.
5 - LBW
This, without doubt, is the most confusing and difficult law to understand in cricket. To start with the umpire will only consider an LBW decision if they believe that the cricket ball would have hit the stumps had it not hit the batsman’s pad first. However the umpire then has to take other laws into consideration. The batsman cannot be out LBW if:
- The ball pitched outside leg stump.
- It was a no-ball.
- He has nicked the ball with his bat first.
- The ball pitched outside off stump, but the batsman has made an attempt to hit the ball.
So in summary a batsman can be given out LBW if the ball pitched on line and hits the pad and would have gone on to hit the stumps, or pitches outside the line of off stump but the batsman offers no stroke.
6 – Handled the Ball
Vary rarely seen, a batsman will be given out Handled Ball if he knowingly knocks the ball away from hitting his stumps with his hands. It is ok however to knock the ball away with his bat or feet.
7 – Obstructing the Field
Another dismissal that is rarely seen is if a batsman is seen by the umpire to deliberately obstruct a fielder from catching or running them out. If the umpire feels that the batsman has done this they will be given out Obstructing the Field.
8 – Hit Wicket
The batsman is giving out Hit Wicket when he hits his own wicket with his body, bat or other piece of equipment e.g. Helmet and this action dislodges the bails.
9 – Double Hit
This is another dismissal that is not seen very often. The batsman will be given out for a Double Hit if the second hit was deliberate and in the eyes of the umpire would have stopped a fielder catching him.
You can hit the ball twice if you are stopping the ball from rolling onto your wicket and you can hit it twice when you are passing the ball back to the fielding team, providing you have their permission.
10 – Timed Out
There have only been a few instances in the history of cricket where a batsman has been Timed Out in cricket and as far as I can check it has never happened in an International match. However the law states that when a wicket falls a batsman has three minutes to be at the crease to face the next ball, ninety seconds in Twenty20 cricket. If they are not in the crease within that time frame they can be given out.
Source
Bbc.co.uk/cricket - 09/23/2011
Steve Boxall - I have written articles on Travel, Sport and History and currently I am Cricket's Feature Writer for Suite101.
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