The Laws of Cricket is a code that specifies the rules of the game of cricket worldwide. The earliest known code was drafted in 1744. Since 1788, the...

International Cricket Council". BBC Sport. 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017. "Laws". Laws of Cricket. MCC. Retrieved 4 July 2017. "Law 1 – Players". Laws of Cricket. MCC...

membership although only twelve currently play Test cricket. The game's rules are defined in the "Laws of cricket". The game has various formats, ranging from...

refer to any of the lines themselves, particularly the popping crease, or to the region that they demark. Law 7 of the Laws of Cricket governs the size...

Cricket clothing and equipment is regulated by the laws of cricket. Cricket whites, sometimes called flannels, are loose-fitting clothes that are worn...

the Laws of Cricket. The word wicket often occurs in reference to the pitch. Although technically incorrect according to the Laws of Cricket (Law 6 covers...

the player, indicating that re-oiling is needed. Law 5 of the Laws of Cricket state that the length of the bat may be no more than 38  in (965  mm), the...

international cricket "Law 22: Wide ball". Laws of Cricket. MCC. Retrieved 30 June 2022. "Law 21: No ball". Laws of Cricket. MCC. Retrieved 30 June 2022. Sami-ul-Hasan...

leg. Laws The laws of cricket are a set of rules established by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and apply to cricket worldwide. Cricket is one of the...

Because of the potential danger to batters of being hit and to stop bowlers bowling bouncers all the time, there are Laws in the Laws of Cricket governing...

decision regarding whether a batter is out or not. According to Law 31 of the Laws of Cricket, an umpire may not rule a batter out unless the fielding side...

"Laws of Cricket: Law 42 (Fair and unfair play)". Lords.org. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013. "Laws of Cricket:...

the governing body of cricket, retains considerable global influence. In 1788, the MCC took responsibility for the laws of cricket, issuing a revised...

outside of the World Test Championship Final), and neither does it govern domestic cricket within member countries. It does not make or alter the laws of the...

Short form cricket is a collective term for several modified forms of the sport of cricket, with playing times significantly shorter than more traditional...

deliberately, an act highly contrary to the Laws of Cricket and the sportsmanship expected of the players. This type of delivery can result in injuries to the...

stitched on, and manufacture is regulated by cricket law at first-class level. The trajectory of a cricket ball when bowled, through movement in the air...

attempting to hit or avoid the ball. Most of the rules covering fielders are set out in Law 28 of the Laws of cricket. Fake fielding is the action caused by...

nomination of the players at the start of the game. The rules for substitutes appear in Law 24 of the Laws of Cricket. A substitute can act for the injured...

attempting to hit the ball. Leg before wicket first appeared in the laws of cricket in 1774, as batsmen began to use their pads to prevent the ball from...

number of overs bowled. In professional games, in compliance with Law 3 of the Laws of Cricket, two scorers are appointed, most often one provided by each team...

ends. These rules are outlined in Laws 11 (Intervals) and 12 (Start of play; cessation of play) in the Laws of Cricket. The game is only played in dry weather...

of cricket, a "draw" may be possible. Which of these results applies, and how the result is expressed, is governed by Law 16 of the laws of cricket....

Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket...

In cricket, the boundary is the perimeter of a playing field. It is also the term given to a scoring shot where the ball is hit to, or beyond, that perimeter...

In cricket, a runner is a team member who runs between the wickets for an injured batsman. This is covered by Law 25 of the Laws of Cricket. When a runner...

cricket, the years from 1751 to 1775 are notable for the rise of the Hambledon Club and the continuing spread of the sport across England. The Laws of...

Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society. Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane. "The official laws of cricket". Marylebone...

word or action. It is Law 37 of the Laws of cricket, and is a rare way for a batsman to be dismissed; in the history of cricket, there has been only two...

centuries. In The Laws of Cricket, the only explicit difference between men's and women's cricket is the ball size. According to The Laws of Cricket: Clause 4...