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Post by daley111 on Sept 1, 2012 19:00:33 GMT
standing at the strikers end and the bowler obviously in an effort to surprise the striker lets the ball go before he reached the umpire- is this a no ball as I could not see where the feet where landing?
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Post by tippexii on Sept 1, 2012 21:09:00 GMT
Not necessarily. Clearly there's no problem with the front foot, so all that's relevant is whether the back foot was within the (rearward extension of) the return crease. You may be able to judge, based on the angle of the ball, roughly where it was delivered from, and if it's well inside the return crease, there's no reason to call no-ball. However, if you're not certain, you're justified on calling no-ball if there's a possibility that it was delivered from too wide out.
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Post by pennockp on Sept 7, 2012 14:59:25 GMT
when i did my Umpires Courses under the OLD ACUS regime in 2002 - the instructors were adamant that if a bowler delivered a ball from behind the umpire then the umpire had every right to call the ball as a no-ball. The logic was that in the event of an appeal you could NOT give a batsman out because you could be certain that the delivery was a fair one. I had 2 instances of the ball being delivered from behind me. My reaction in both cases was to call dead ball, and then let the bowler know that if it happened again I would call it as a no-ball - I also asked the bowler if he would prefer me to take a couple of steps back. That seemed to work quite well and didn't upset anyone.
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Post by daley111 on Sept 9, 2012 11:07:27 GMT
thanks pennonkp- like that idea- thanks
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Post by nazmulahsan on Mar 13, 2014 9:46:11 GMT
But you can not give any decision which you have not seen. Say it's a T 20 Twenty or ODI match. If you call a no ball for the bowler's back foot touching return crease or his front foot crossing imaginary line, then you must award free hit to the batting side. I think it's better to call dead ball. You can also warn the fielding captain for time wasting.
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Post by sillypoint on Mar 13, 2014 11:14:29 GMT
If you really were caught off guard by such a delivery and had sound reason to suspect it may have been a back foot No Ball, I think a Dead Ball call may be your best bet, and have the ball bowled again. You could always say something like: "If you are going to deliver from that far back I will need to stand deeper so that I can be satisfied the delivery is legal." I definitely would not go down the path of Time Wasting—that is a bit over the top.
I guess you could always hang your hat on the last sentence of Law 24.5, but I think you would have to have a better reason for calling No Ball than simply that you did not see the back foot land—such as the bowler regularly approaching on an angle that brings him in from outside the return crease; or the particular delivery in question obviously having been delivered from fairly wide of the wicket; or some prior behaviour by the bowler or the fielding side that is pushing the envelope somewhat.
My technique if a bowler is inclined to deliver from a wide position on the crease is to step back a bit to make sure I can see his back foot land. If a bowler comes in from wide and you suspect a possible back foot infringement, when you step back deeper to watch more closely you often find that the back foot is well inside the return crease but the step before that touches the line, which of course is OK.
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