|
|
Post by grumpy1951 on Jan 9, 2018 20:32:53 GMT
New member here. May I wish everyone a Happy New Year. I have a question. Let us say that Bowler A has just completed an over. Bowler B comes on at the other end and pulls up injured after 4 balls. Another bowler needs to complete the over. Is there anything in the rules to say that Bowler A can't bowl the remaining two balls (given that he bowled the previous over and is likely to bowl the ensuing one)? I'm fairly certain the answer is 'yes, there is such a rule' but this did happen (with some good-natured grumbling from the facing batsman) in a pub friendly I was involved in.
|
|
|
|
Post by jaybee on Jan 10, 2018 7:30:06 GMT
Happy New Year to you too - and to all.
Yes - there is a restriction which is identical in both the new version of the Laws which apply from October 2017 and its predecessor. The relevant rule is currently at Law 17.8 (previously Law 22.8) and says: I hope the same bowler didn't deliver the next over from the other end as well!
|
|
|
|
Post by grumpy1951 on Jan 10, 2018 14:10:39 GMT
Thanks for the prompt and clear reply, jaybee. As I recall the matter was compounded; bowlers were restricted to four (or possibly five) overs each and I think Bowler A had just completed his allocation at the end of the previous over. I daresay we would have been disqualified or our points deducted had it been in a league or cup rather than a friendly. (We lost anyway!)
|
|
|
|
Post by tippex2 on Jan 10, 2018 15:30:04 GMT
In most formal competitions with a bowling restriction, there's a stipulation that a part-over (bowled for whatever reason) counts as a full over for each bowler's allocation.
|
|
|
|
Post by grumpy1951 on Jan 10, 2018 18:18:06 GMT
That is interesting. So in a 50 over match if, say, Stuart Broad got clobbered by a David Warner straight drive halfway through his first over and had to leave the field for treatment with, eg, Chris Woakes completing the over, both bowlers would have only nine overs remaining (assuming Broad made a fairly instantaneous recovery after application of icepack and returned to the fray a few minutes later).
|
|
|
|
Post by tippex2 on Jan 11, 2018 9:50:23 GMT
Yes, that's right.
Particularly if there's only 1 or two balls left in the over, most captains will choose to have a part-time bowler complete the unfinished over, rather than burn 10% of a front-line bowler's allocation on a couple of deliveries.
|
|
