Wickets propely pitched ?

[ashwinisawal]

How can one be sure that the Wickets are pitched parallel to each other ?

[blackbeard]

You will know. Experience will count for a lot, but it will be fairly obvious when standing behind the stumps whether the stumps at the other end are in line.
You have to remember most teams do not have a groundsman on site, so do not make too much of it. if you come across this, provided both teams are happy then play can continue, it will be the same for both sides. If there is another prepared wicket this can be used?
Even if a groundman is available it will not be easy to remark the pitch, so another pitch would have to be used.

[Number 6]

ashwinisawal said:

How can one be sure that the Wickets are pitched parallel to each other ?

I assume you mean the stumps?

Do you mean is each stump parallel to each of the other two in the set? Or is each set of three parallel to each other at each end? I assume the latter in which case as Balckbeard said it will look fairly obvious.

If you really want to be certain then carry a compact retractable 30 metre tape measure in your bag and measure the distances between each end of the bowling crease. I do carry such a measure because once, and only once I was asked if the pitch was the correct length. I had no way of checking then because neither of us had a measure. Needless to say I now carry one around and have never needed it since!

As blackbeard also said, if everything looks reasonably OK and both teams are happy then apply rule 43 and get on with the game.

Pete

[Acumen]

One other symptom is to look along the return crease - make sure it is aligned with the one at the other end.

To be certain that the pitch is square you need to measure diagonally both ways.