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[Riddy]

Had an indoor game yesterday. i was batting and we need something like 27 off the last 14 balls. I get a short ball and smah it straight back towards the bowler, going for the 6. I  creamed this ball, and bowler only has time to instinctively stick out a hand. The ball tips his finger, which diverts the ball smashing onto the umpires forehead and drops to the floor.

There was no doubting the ball was going for 6, nd im not saying the umpire did it intentionally, but i dont get the 6 runs and it goes down as a dot ball. we also ended up losing by 3 runs so it would have made a huge difference.

The umpire was fine btw

[tim2000s]

Had an indoor game yesterday. i was batting and we need something like 27 off the last 14 balls. I get a short ball and smah it straight back towards the bowler, going for the 6. I  creamed this ball, and bowler only has time to instinctively stick out a hand. The ball tips his finger, which diverts the ball smashing onto the umpires forehead and drops to the floor.

There was no doubting the ball was going for 6, nd im not saying the umpire did it intentionally, but i dont get the 6 runs and it goes down as a dot ball. we also ended up losing by 3 runs so it would have made a huge difference.

The umpire was fine btw

The ball didn't go for six, therefore it's a dot ball. What's dodgy about that?

[Riddy]

through not fault of my own, i've lost 6 runs and ( a ball, as it goes down as a dot ball). whats not dodgy about that?

[aussiejake]

You play indoor with the umpire in the net? Strange.

Common sense says that it should have been called a dead ball and the ball rebowled.

[Red Ink Cricket]

its part of the game. the only option could have been to call it a dead ball and re-bowl it but thats unlikely.

there is also the option of the ball flicking the bowlers finger but slowing it up enough for him to then take the rebound. you would then have been out and still no 6.

its frustrating when things like this 'go against you' but its all part of the game. shoe on the other foot, would you have offered to give the batting team a 6 or rebowl it? probably not

[joeylough]

well you haven't lost 6 runs as it never went. I can see the frustration as it should have gone for six. But its the same as when someone hits a nice drive and it hits the non strikers bat. Dot ball and carry on.

[dmacwana]

Nothing dodgy about that mate, part and parcel of the game. Ball hitting the stumps, the umpire or the non striker ..... just unlucky cannot do anything about it. Its a dot ball ... carry on. I am sure you wouldn't have give it as a six or re-bowled it had you been the bowler.

[Riddy]

in all fairness i put a question mark at the end of 'dodgy rule'... so i'm not out right saying it was dodgy, more of a discussion topic. Obviously it was frustrating and extremely unlucky, and cost us the game. i still maintain it should at least be a deadball

[tim2000s]

You play indoor with the umpire in the net? Strange.

Common sense says that it should have been called a dead ball and the ball rebowled.

Let's look at it in a different context. Playing outdoor cricket you pull a ball that is a surefire four, but it hits the Umpire on the leg. He isn't seriously injured, and the square leg fielder picks it up and throws it back to the keeper keeping it down to a single.

This isn't a dead ball and the situation is no different.

[BigBlueMachine]

What would happen if the ball struck the umpire, flew up into the air and was caught by the bowler?

[Manormanic]

Yeah, gotta say quick sooking and get on with the game (after checking that the guy was fine, of course...)

[The_Bird]

What would happen if the ball struck the umpire, flew up into the air and was caught by the bowler?

Out, I think the ball is still live after it strikes an umpire.

[Manormanic]

Not out - similar to if it strikes the fielders helmet or the non-striker, it is live but deemed to have been grounded.

[The_Bird]

Not out - similar to if it strikes the fielders helmet or the non-striker, it is live but deemed to have been grounded.

http://www.lords.org/text-only/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-32-caught,58,ar.html

Its a fair catch according to this.

Law 32, 3E

[tushar sehgal]

through not fault of my own, i've lost 6 runs and ( a ball, as it goes down as a dot ball). whats not dodgy about that?

Similar to hitting a glorious straight drive with no fielders on the boundary but ball hits the stumps and stops...Its unfortunate but not dodgy..