Be the Umpire

UK768 said:
A genuine medium pacer comes on to bowl with a close up field, He bowls a short bowl and makes the batsman hit, the batsman tries to pull it but He edges it onto his head. The ball goes straight up in the air after hitting his helmet, the fielder at silly mid-off catches it and the entire team appeals for a catch. What would You do as an Umpire?
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Quite clearly out; the ball has not hit the ground

UK768 said:
The striker tries to advance down the ground and tries to maneuver the spinner for a six, but He misses as the ball was way down the leg side. The keeper collects the ball with his left hand and breaks the stumps with his right hand, without the ball being in it. The entire team appeals for a stump, is it out? What would You do as an Umpire?
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Not out; then bails have to be disturbed by the hand containing the ball, or by the ball itself

UK768 said:
A bowler bowls a legitimate delivery, but He breaks the stumps with his right hand while He was running in to bowl. The batsman drives the ball straight back to the bowler, the ball hits the shoes of the bowler and reflects to the stumps. The fielding side appeals for a run out, would You give the non-striker out assuming the stumps were already broken before the ball was even bowled? What would You do as an Umpire?
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A no ball would be given because the bowler disturbed the stumps. That doesn't affect the dismissal though since it would be a runout. I'd personally signal dead ball and give it not out since I could not be sure that the bails would be disturbed. If a stump came out of the ground then you might give it out because that's the rule of run outs when the stumps have already been disturbed: not sure about that though...

UK768 said:
A spinner comes onto bowl with a close-in field, the batsman sweeps the ball. The fielder at the gully turns around to save himself, but He accidentally gets the ball stuck in his pocket. What would You do as an Umpire?
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Provided the player gets it out of his pocket and appeals then it would be out: its technically not out unless the bowler does either of those things

UK768 said:
The batsman plays a lofty straight drive. The ball hits the bowlers hand, and then it hits You (The Umpire) and goes onto hit the stumps, You (The Umpire) are severely injured but You have a decision to make, is the non-striker, who was standing way out of his crease. Out or not out? What would You do as an Umpire?
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The third umpire would be askedsince I would have no idea whether the other player was in their ground or not if I was "severely injured". If no third umpire was available then you would defer to the square leg umpire or not give it out. In reality every person involved probably would be more concerned about the umpire rather than the game at that point, and both sides would probably agree that an accurate decision could not be made
 
UK768 said:
A genuine medium pacer comes on to bowl with a close up field, He bowls a short bowl and makes the batsman hit, the batsman tries to pull it but He edges it onto his head. The ball goes straight up in the air after hitting his helmet, the fielder at silly mid-off catches it and the entire team appeals for a catch. What would You do as an Umpire?
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Out.
UK768 said:
The striker tries to advance down the ground and tries to maneuver the spinner for a six, but He misses as the ball was way down the leg side. The keeper collects the ball with his left hand and breaks the stumps with his right hand, without the ball being in it. The entire team appeals for a stump, is it out? What would You do as an Umpire?
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Not out and wide.

UK768 said:
A bowler bowls a legitimate delivery, but He breaks the stumps with his right hand while He was running in to bowl. The batsman drives the ball straight back to the bowler, the ball hits the shoes of the bowler and reflects to the stumps. The fielding side appeals for a run out, would You give the non-striker out assuming the stumps were already broken before the ball was even bowled? What would You do as an Umpire?
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No ball, and Not out. Since the bails have already been disturbed, the stump needs to be pulled out.


UK768 said:
A spinner comes onto bowl with a close-in field, the batsman sweeps the ball. The fielder at the gully turns around to save himself, but He accidentally gets the ball stuck in his pocket. What would You do as an Umpire?
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Out, since it wasn't a wilful action.


UK768 said:
The batsman plays a lofty straight drive. The ball hits the bowlers hand, and then it hits You (The Umpire) and goes onto hit the stumps, You (The Umpire) are severely injured but You have a decision to make, is the non-striker, who was standing way out of his crease. Out or not out? What would You do as an Umpire?
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Out, whenever I'm able to make the decision. According to the rules of the game, the batsman was out of his crease, while the ball wasn't dead yet.
 
  • OUT!
  • Not Out
  • 5 Penalty Runs or No-Ball
  • OUT!
  • I don't Know it is a little confusing i think it may be OUT!
 
1. Out Caught. Wasn't lodged so the ball is still in play. But would then depend on how many short balls have been bowled in the over.
2. Not out and Wide. To effect a Stumping or run out the wicket must be broken with either the ball or the hand the ball is in
3. No Ball and Not Out. The wicket is down and to effect a run out with both bails off the stump must be removed from the ground.
4. I think that could still be out caught cause of it being unintentional. Something similar was brought up in an Ask The Umpire segment during TMS during the Ashes and they used a catch by Adam Voges as an example.
5. Hit the umpire so dead ball
 
  1. Out.
  2. Not Out
  3. No Ball and Not Out
  4. Dead Ball
  5. Out
 
PokerAce said:
To ask a question of my own, what if the keeper after catching it with his left, doesn't break the stumps with his palm with which he is holding the ball, but rather breaks the stumps with his left elbow, while the ball is still in the palm of his left hand. However the ball or the palm or hand, never make contact with the stumps. Just the elbow. Is the batsman out?
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Unfortunately, that would be out. Since He broke the stumps with the same arm, with which He has the possession of the ball. In accordance with Law 39 :

  • Law 39 : The wicket must be properly put down in accordance with Law 28 of the Laws of cricket: using either the ball itself or a hand or arm that is in possession of the ball.
 
  • A genuine medium pacer comes on to bowl with a close up field, He bowls a short bowl and makes the batsman hit, the batsman tries to pull it but He edges it onto his head. The ball goes straight up in the air after hitting his helmet, the fielder at silly mid-off catches it and the entire team appeals for a catch. What would You do as an Umpire?
Out - Obviously, the ball didn't hit the ground so it's out!

According to Law 32.8 : "A catch is invalid only when the ball hits the ground before coming into the fielder's hands."

Right answers by: @PokerAce, @IceAgeComing, @Abhas, @ARKRafay, @IanG & @talahayat

Wrong answers by: ——
  • The striker tries to advance down the ground and tries to maneuver the spinner for a six, but He misses as the ball was way down the leg side. The keeper collects the ball with his left hand and breaks the stumps with his right hand, without the ball being in it. The entire team appeals for a stump, is it out? What would You do as an Umpire?
Not out - Since the ball wasn't in the keeper's hand with which He attempted a stumping, it's not out.

According to Law 39 : "The wicket must be properly put down in accordance with Law 28, using either the ball itself or a hand or arm that is in possession of the ball. Note that since the ball itself can legally put down the wicket, a stumping is still valid even if the ball merely rebounds from the 'keeper and breaks the wicket, even though it was never controlled by him."

Right answers by: @PokerAce, @IceAgeComing, @Abhas, @ARKRafay, @IanG, & @talahayat

Wrong answers by: ——
  • A bowler bowls a legitimate delivery, but He breaks the stumps with his right hand while He was running in to bowl. The batsman drives the ball straight back to the bowler, the ball hits the shoes of the bowler and reflects to the stumps. The fielding side appeals for a run out, would You give the non-striker out assuming the stumps were already broken before the ball was even bowled? What would You do as an Umpire?
No ball, and not out - A no ball shall be called if a bowler breaks the stumps during his delivery stride, even if it wasn't deliberately done. And, the run out appeal will be turned down because any of the fielding side's player had to take the stumps out of the ground because the bails were already removed.

According to Laws 24 & 38.4 : "A no ball is called, if the bowler breaks the non-striker's wicket during the act of delivery, or during his run-up, or in his delivery stride." & "A batsman is only out if the fielder has the ball in his hand, if the bails have been removed from the stumps the fielder will have to pull the stump out of the ground and hit it with the ball to claim the wicket"

Right answers by: @PokerAce, @Abhas, @IanG & @talahayat

Wrong answers by:
  • A spinner comes onto bowl with a close-in field, the batsman sweeps the ball. The fielder at the gully turns around to save himself, but He accidentally gets the ball stuck in his pocket. What would You do as an Umpire?
Out - It will be out because, the ball didn't touch the ground. And the use of clothing was not deliberate.

According to Law 32.9 : "A batsman is out caught if a fielder catches the ball fully within the field of play without it bouncing once the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat. A batsman is also out if He is unintentionally caught with fielder's clothing"\

Right answers by: @PokerAce, @IceAgeComing, @Abhas, @ARKRafay & @IanG

Wrong answers by: @talahayat
  • The batsman plays a lofty straight drive. The ball hits the bowlers hand, and then it hits You (The Umpire) and goes onto hit the stumps, You (The Umpire) are severely injured but You have a decision to make, is the non-striker, who was standing way out of his crease. Out or not out? What would You do as an Umpire?
Dead ball - It will be a dead ball because it touched an Umpire.

According to Law 59.5 : "A ball is called dead if it hits either of the umpires."

Right answers by: @PokerAce & @IanG

Wrong answers by: @IceAgeComing, @Abhas, @ARKRafay & @talahayat
 
Ohh Man. Why did you do this? Just when i was going to post my answers. :p
 
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