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[AngryPixel]

4th umpire has a box full of balls with different aging. I remember a someone asked same question to a umpire and he explained by showing the box.

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They are like. 10 over old, 20 over old, 30 over old etc. Umpires choose which one is closest to the current ball that was being used.

 

[pcfan123]

Thanks for nothing.

Anyone want to answer my question? How are the balls aged? Are they from previous matches? nets? or some other way of aging them.

 

[AngryPixel]

I think they get them from practise sessions but not sure. Asked Zaheer on twitter. Lets hope he reply soon

 

[Ollie_H]

Anyone want to answer my question? How are the balls aged? Are they from previous matches? nets? or some other way of aging them.

Ways of doing this vary, some can be taken from games that finish early, or say a ball is re found and things like that. But there are also certain ways to get them to certain 'stages' of their life. I remember hearing about it, sometimes they take a ball that has gona the full 50 and buff it up again and then use from the 34+ point, and things like that.

Sometimes, I have seen the umpire take a ball and just do a few things with it before they play with it, such as throwing it into the ground.

But yes, one of the main ways of doing it is to take an old ball and just re-buff it as such.

 

[sohum]

Yeah, I don't think there's too much of a scientific process involved. I suppose each ball that is collected from a finished match or from the nets is evaluated for how "old" it is. When the box of balls is brought out by the fourth umpire, the two umpires just use their judgment to pick a ball that is on average as old as the one they currently have.

As Ollie said, if no suitable ball is available, the umpire may pick a newer looking ball and scuff it up. I've seen umpires rub the ball on the ground to achieve this, for example.

 

[Insomniac]

For a no ball called for height - is the projected path in which it would pass the batsman used (as in, you pull the high full toss, so the umpire may have to guess as to whether it would have been over waist height when the ball would pass the batsman)

Or is it at the point of impact - pulling that high full toss which is clearly above waist height at the time would result in the call of a no ball - even if the ball would probably dip in and therefore not be a no ball if the shot wasn't played.

I hope I'm making sense here.

 

[sachin_rocks]

For a no ball called for height - is the projected path in which it would pass the batsman used (as in, you pull the high full toss, so the umpire may have to guess as to whether it would have been over waist height when the ball would pass the batsman)

Or is it at the point of impact - pulling that high full toss which is clearly above waist height at the time would result in the call of a no ball - even if the ball would probably dip in and therefore not be a no ball if the shot wasn't played.

I hope I'm making sense here.

i think
the umpire has to guess the ball's position on the body if the batsman was at the crease and standing in normal stance

 

[Insomniac]

Anyone else?

 

[deathrevenge9]

This might be helpful .

6. Dangerous and unfair bowling
(a) Bowling of fast short pitched balls
(i) The bowling of fast short pitched balls is dangerous and unfair if the umpire at the bowler's end considers that by their repetition and taking into account their length, height and direction they are likely to inflict physical injury on the striker, irrespective of the protective equipment he may be wearing. The relative skill of the striker shall be taken into consideration.
(ii) Any delivery which, after pitching, passes or would have passed over head height of the striker standing upright at the crease, although not threatening physical injury, shall be included with bowling under (i) both when the umpire is considering whether the bowling of fast short pitched balls has become dangerous and unfair and after he has so decided. The umpire shall call and signal No ball for each such delivery.

(b) Bowling of high full pitched balls
(i) Any delivery, other than a slow paced one, which passes or would have passed on the full above waist height of the striker standing upright at the crease is to be deemed dangerous and unfair, whether or not it is likely to inflict physical injury on the striker.
(ii) A slow delivery which passes or would have passed on the full above shoulder height of the striker standing upright at the crease is to be deemed dangerous and unfair, whether or not it is likely to inflict physical injury on the striker.

Law 42 (Fair and unfair play) - Laws - Laws of Cricket - Laws & Spirit - Lord's

 

[CG123]

I'm not sure when to post this, but when did Aamer change the spelling of his name to Amir?
Or was it just never spelt right originally?
Or did he change it when he turned 18?

Does anyone know the background behind this?

 

[pcfan123]

Its like that with a lot of SC cricketers, no one knows how to actually spell their names. It varies on their jerseys as well.

Another few I can think of :

Yunus Khan, Younus Khan, Younis Khan- seen it spelled all 3 ways

Muralitharan and Muralidaran

etc etc

 

[Manly]

As I understand, he paid the authorities to get it changed. So it was whenever he came into money, however that happened.

 

[pcfan123]

go to bed Ben

 

[TumTum]

Yesterday I saw "Akhter" as well.

 

[CG123]

Cricinfo had it spelt Aamer previously, I just looked that up before, and you can no longer find it doing that, as they have changed it to Amir as well.