more likely there's a typo from crickinfo commentary team.... they do that quite often.tadeusz said:I'm following the Kenya v Bermuda ODI on cricinfo's live scores and noticed Bermuda received 6 wides from one delivery. How would this happen? The only way I can think of is if it a wide hit the helmet behind the keeper for 5 penalties plus 1 for the wide?
but that wouldn't be 6 wides thou would it ?Dravid said:A wide ball, keeper misses it, they run one. Who ever gets the ball overthrows it and it goes for 4.
Nah, it's considered two wides. Simple reason is that a "bye" is recorded as a keeper error. I believe it also doesn't count towards the bowlers figures, in the same way as a leg bye. ie: an over with nothing but a bye/leg bye is still considered a maiden.R_D said:but that wouldn't be 6 wides thou would it ?
1 wide plus byes ?
When there's a wide and you run thorugh.. its not considered 2 wides is it ... i thought it was 1 wide and a bye ?
Cheers.. i wasn't sure about that rule.FaaipDeOiad said:There's one scoring issue I've wondered about for a while along a similar lines though. If you run a single, a fielder takes a throw at the stumps and it goes for a boundary it counts as five runs. Yet if you hit it to a fielder, take a single while it is on the way and then they either misfield it into the rope or even kick it there deliberately it only counts as 4. .
That may very well be the case, but I've never read that particular rule.Dravid said:Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but in order for it to count as an overthrow doesn't it have to go on the other side of the field of the fielder. Example, if the ball is on the off side then it must go on the leg side for it to be considered overthrow. If you are above the keeper, it must go past the keeper to count as a overthrow. Thats what I always thought.
I'm fairly certain I remember it happening at the Adelaide Oval once when I was a kid. Adelaide has massive boundaries in certain places, and there were no ropes then of course, and it wasn't all that uncommon for a batsman to run four or sometimes even five in a test match when they hit it into an open area of the field but it didn't make the fence. I seem to remember a fielder "accidentally" knocking the ball into the fence to prevent a fifth run. Couldn't tell you who it was though.R_D said:Cheers.. i wasn't sure about that rule.
has anyone actually done that ? I haven't seen it done in any International matches
I've seen that happen in Movie thou . " Lagaan "