1. Spring Intramurals 2016
Cricket
Dhaval Patel

2. Rules and Game Play
• There will be a total 16 players per team, but match Each will be played between 11 players only.
• It will be 20 overs game for each side i.e. Each team has to bowl and bat for 20 overs.
• Single over contains 6 legal deliveries.
• A bowler can maximum can bowl 5 over in an inning.
• Duration of game : 3 hours and 0 minutes per game
-individual inning duration: 1 hr and 30 minutes.

3. TOSS
A coin toss is held by the team captains (who are also players) just before the match starts: the winner
decides whether to bat or field first.

4. Dress Code
For Umpires
• White T-shirt , Black Track pants and shoes mandatory.
For Players
• Team Jersey with number on the back.
• No Jeans , beach shorts or 3/4th allowed.
• No jewelry such as rings bracelet are allowed.
• No Slippers Sandals or flip-flops allowed.

5. Scoring Runs
• Off the bat – the facing batsman ‘striker’ can hit the ball to all areas of the playing field in
order to score runs. When the striker hits the ball, the batsmen have the option to stay in their
crease or to attempt to take a run. When the batsmen decide to take the run (this is plural
because both batsmen need to run). If they make it to the opposite ends safely, the batsman
who hit the ball will be rewarded with one run.
• Multiple runs - If the batsmen decide to take a run, and are in safely, they score one run. If
they are able to run up and down, they will be rewarded with two runs, and so on. If the
batsman does not make his ground by the time the ball is thrown in from the field and the
bails are dislodged, he will be run-out and the runs do not count.
• While going for second run, any one of two batmen don't completely gets inside popping
crease using bat or body that particular run is not counted and called short Run.
• (a) If the ball hits the ground before it crosses the boundary line, or demarcated area indoors,
then four runs will be added to the batsman’s score.
• (b) If the ball flies over the boundary line, or demarcated area indoors without ever touching
the ground, then six runs will be added to the batman’s score.

6. a. Signal for Boundary b. Signal for Six c. Signal for Short Run

7. • Byes or leg-byes – if the batsman attempts a shot, and the ball is missed by the bat but
ends up in an area of the field where the batsmen determine they could safely run from
one side to the other without getting run out and then do so, the one run is added to the
batting team’s score (note this run is not credited to any one batsmen).
• The Bye occurs when the ball misses everything. A leg-bye when the ball hits the
body anywhere, not just on the leg.
d. Signal for Leg Bye e. Signal for Bye

8.  If the bowler oversteps the popping crease (the line at the end of the batting crease) at the bowler’s end
before delivering the ball.
 This gives batting side an extra run + runs scored on the particular delivery by bat and the delivery is
considered illegal resulting re-bowling the same delivery.
No Ball
Illegal Deliveries

9. NO BALL
• If the ball bowled reaches the batsman above the waist without bouncing.
• This gives batting side an extra run + runs scored on the particular delivery by bat and the
delivery is considered illegal resulting re-bowling the same delivery.
• Bowling this kind of delivery results in warning the particular bowler, again if such
delivery is bowled he shall be removed from bowling and can no longer bowler in that
particular match.

10. Wide Ball
 Wide – a wide is called by the umpire if the ball delivered is out of reach for the batsman to make a play at the
ball. The delivery would be called a wide if the ball is too far down the off-side, leg-side (also known as the
on-side) or over the head of the batsman.
 This results into an extra free run for the batting side while ball considered as illegal delivery hence bowler
has to re-bowl it.
Signal for Wide ball

11. Penalty Runs
o Five penalty runs are awarded to the batting team (or to the batsman in some cases) if :
 The ball strikes a fielder's helmet when it is on the field but not being worn.
 A fielder willfully fields the ball other than with his person (for example, using a cap or other item of
clothing).
 The ball is touched by a fielder who has returned to the field without the umpire's permission.
 The umpires decide that the fielding team have illegally changed the condition of the ball
 The fielding team deliberately distract or obstruct the batsman. (If the distraction or obstruction occurs before
the striker receives the ball, the fielding team must first receive a warning, however penalty runs are awarded
for the first instance of such an infringement after the striker has received the ball.)
 After being warned, the fielding team damage the protected area of the pitch or deliberately waste time
between overs.

12. Penalty Runs
oFive penalty runs are awarded to the fielding side if the batting team:
 Deliberately waste time after having been warned
 Damage the protected area of the pitch after two warnings.
 If the non-striking batsman distracts a fielder, especially if he is about to make a catch and the distraction
cause him to drop it.
The penalty runs are added to the fielding team's score in their previous innings,
unless they have not yet batted, in which case the runs are added to their next
innings.
Signal for Penalty Runs

13. Getting Dismissed(Out)/Wicket
 In cricket there are eleven (11) ways in which a batsman can get dismissed. In effect all would require the
fielding side to make an appeal to the umpire, except bowled.
 Bowled – this occurs when the bowler delivers a ball which the batsman is unable to successfully hit away
from his stumps, and in turn the bails are dislodged (fall off). The ball may even touch the batsman’s bat or
body before dislodging the bails.
 Caught – this occurs when the batsman successfully hits the ball, either with his bat or a glove still touching
the bat, but it is in the air and a fielder makes a catch before the ball touches the ground.
 Hit wicket – this occurs when the batsman tries to hit the ball (successfully or unsuccessfully) and with his bat
or body knocks the bails off the stumps.
Signal for Out

14. Getting Dismissed(Out)/Wicket
 Run-out – this occurs when the batsman (either the striking or non-striking batsman) attempts to make a run,
and is out of his ground when the ball is delivered from a fielder which results in the bails being dislodged.
 Stumped – this occurs when the batsman, having hit or attempted to hit the ball, is standing outside his
popping crease when a quick-thinking wicket keeper dislodges the bails. The batsman is deemed to be outside
his crease if no part of his body is touching the ground when the bails are dislodged. He is out even if a part of
his body is in the air above the popping crease. The batsman makes his ground when a part of his body (like
the foot or a hand or even his bat in his hand) is touching the ground inside his crease.
Signal for Out

15. Getting Dismissed(Out)/Wicket
 Obstructing the fielders – this occurs when the batsmen running between the wickets deviate too much from the
line that they are running to get to the other side in order to prevent the fielder from being able to make a clean
throw at the stumps.
 Hit the ball twice (also known as 'double hit') – This occurs when the batsman hits the ball twice.
 Handling the ball – this occurs when the batsman plays the live ball with his gloves, maybe to prevent the
fielding side from making a play.
 Timed out – this occurs if the batsmen take too long (deemed about three minutes) to get ready for the next
delivery, the fielding side can appeal to the umpire to give the offending batsman out. Taking too long, could
also occur when a batsman takes too long to come in for a batsman already given out.
 Retired out – this occurs if the batsman leaves the playing field without the permission of the umpire.
Signal for Out