Law Changes
Posted by tim_norton on Friday, 23 July 2010 (01:23:39)
Contributed by Cambo
There are about to be quite a number of changes to the Laws of cricket that will come into effect on the 1st October that will affect playing conditions this season.
There are about to be quite a number of changes to the Laws of cricket that will come into effect on the 1st October that will affect playing conditions this season.
Some of these changes have been classified as incidental changes whereas some have been classified as changes to policy;
Changes to policy;
1. The first change relates to Law 12.4 Toss - and it says the toss must be conducted in front of one or both umpires;
2. The second change relates to Law 12.5 in that the captain must notify what they want to do straight away;
3. Law 17 - practice on the Field. There have been significant changes to when and where players can practice on the field of play. Essentially you cannot practice on the centre table or within 2 pitch widths of the match pitch;
4. This is probably the biggest change and relates to Laws 19 (Boundaries) and subsequently law 32. The wording in this law is;
"4. Ball beyond the boundary
A ball may be caught, subject to the provisions of Law 32, or fielded after it has crossed the boundary provided that
(i) the first contact with the ball is by a fielder either with some part of his person grounded within the boundary, or whose final contact with the ground before touching the ball was within the boundary
(ii) neither the ball, nor any fielder in contact withhte ball, touches or is grounded beyond, the boundary at any time during the act of making the catch or of fielding the ball.
The act of making the catch, or of fielding the ball, shall start from the time when the ball first comes into contact with some part of a fielder's person and shall end when a fielder obtains complete control both over the bll and over his own movement and has no part of his person touching or grounded beyond the boundary."
What this means is that a player attempting to take a catch by tapping the ball back up to themselves, as we have seen in a number of T20 matches, before they touch the ball the first time, must have been in the field of play. If you are outside the boundary when you jump, then the ball is automatically called a 6. This stops players from jumping in from the seats and tapping the ball back up to themselves to complete the catch.
5. Law 24 - No Ball. Sub-Law 5 - Fair delivery of the feet. this law has been amended to ensure that whatever side of the wicket you are bowling, your front foot can only be between the return crease and the middle stump. some bowlers when bowling right arm over, will actually place their right foot in front of the off stump. This will now be called a no-ball. The MCC deems this as unfair as the bowler said the were bowling over the wicket when in essence they are closer to bowling around the wicket.
6. Law 29 - Batsman out of his ground. The change to this law is that if a batsman makes his ground by placing his foot inside the crease, then if he leaves the ground (ie by stepping or jumping) when his wicket is put down, he will be not out.
Incidental Changes;
There are an extensive number of incidental changes to the laws of Cricket for this coming season. There are too many to list in this forum, however, one of the most applicable which affect people like David Gorfine is the law pertaining to a batman picking up the ball and handing it to one of the fielders.
Under the old laws, under appeal from the fielding side, this batsman would have been given out obstructing the field. This has now been changed to be out handled to ball. It is still out, just calssified as out a different way.
If anybody has any questions regarding these changes to the laws or would like clarification of any of the laws then please feel free to send me an email or call me.
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