Re: Question on local customs changing boundary allowance


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Was playing in a game last week, away to a team where 6's only count as
four. During the game a fielder carried a catch over the boundary
Dhoni-style and was only given four runs. From what i remember from the
laws 6 runs should have been given, since local customs changing
boundary allowances only applies when the boundary is directly off the
bat. I grabbed a copy of the laws, here are relevent statements.

Law 19 - Before the toss, the umpires shall agree with both captains
the runs to be allowed for boundaries. In deciding the allowances, the
umpires and captains shall be guided by the prevailing custom of the
ground.

So it is quite legal to only allow 4 runs for 'six hits'

Law 32 - When a Fieldsman carrying the ball touches or grounds any part
of his person on or over a boundary marked with a line, 6 runs shall be
scored

There is no mention of is counting as a 'boundary', just as a straight
six runs.

So is this assumprion correct?

My instinct, on first reading your post, is that the reference in Law 32 to
"6 runs shall be scored" should be interpreted as "x runs shall be scored,
where x is the number of runs previously agreed when the ball crosses the
boundary on the full".

However, in such matters I defer to Tom Smith [1]. In the explanatory notes
accompanying Law 19, Smith says the following (page 115):

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"It should also be noted that if a boundary is scored because a fielder in
contact with the ball touches or goes beyond the boundary edge, and if the
ball has not previously been grounded, either inside or outside the
boundary, then 6 runs are to be scored. This will always be 6 runs, even
though the allowance has been agreed as something other than 6."
++++++

So, it appears the letter of the Law should be followed and six runs
awarded, even though you were playing a 'no sixes' custom. I hope your team
didn't lose by two runs.

Andrew

[1] Cricket Umpiring and Scoring, by Tom Smith & the ACUS; 5th edition,
copyright ACUS 2000, pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.


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