https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/s/b6AblDJfM8
created by bambin0 on 05/07/2024 at 06:51 UTC
67 upvotes, 6 top-level comments (showing 6)
Comment by trdef at 05/07/2024 at 08:14 UTC
104 upvotes, 4 direct replies
"Most complicated rule in all of sports".
If the ball was going to hit the wicker, but it hits your leg first, you're out. It's really not that complicated.
Comment by taerkesch at 05/07/2024 at 14:58 UTC
12 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Now explain what balk means in baseball!
Comment by verdis at 05/07/2024 at 18:07 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The infield fly rule has entered the chat.
Comment by Natsu111 at 05/07/2024 at 15:54 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Eh, it's hardly all that complicated.
Yeah, it's based on the judgement of the umpire. If the umpire believes that the ball hit the batter's pads and would've gone on to hit the stumps then the batter is given out.
That's it. It's a one-line definition: if the umpire believes that the ball would have hit the wicket, and that the batsman stopped it from hitting the wicket with his leg, the batsman is out. Hardly difficult to comprehend. The rest of the minutiae are about *how* the umpire determines that the ball would have indeed gone on to hit the wicket had the batsman not stopped it. I would venture to say that a lot of cricket watchers don't know much about those details. You don't need to know them to watch a match and understand when a LBW is called.
Comment by kibbles0515 at 06/07/2024 at 03:10 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What.
Comment by DrippyWaffler at 05/07/2024 at 09:39 UTC
1 upvotes, 3 direct replies
It's really not that complicated. If you use your leg to block the ball (accident or not) instead of the bat, you're out.