yaasir
November 15, 2007, 1:14pm
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Re: 4th ODI: India vs Pakistan - Gwalior Nov 15th at -09:00
Yaar, you need to take a crash course in LBWs.
Most people think that if the ball hits the pads outside the line of off-stump even if the ball was going to hit the stumps - it is straight away not out.
That is not correct. There is no such rule. Same thing when the batsman is stretching forward when the ball hits the pad.
The only reason, people say that these should be given not out is that - for the Umpire without the aid of technology it is difficult to tell (in the above circumstances) if the ball would go on to hit the stumps and benefit of doubt should go to the batsman.
But that DOES NOT mean that these are right away NOT OUTs by LAW…
An Umpire - if he is pretty sure - that the ball was going to hit the stumps in the above situations - is free to give the batsman OUT. But like Rameez was saying it usually takes a brave Umpire to do so in the above circumstances…because the chances of being proven wrong is very high.
And today we have technology like Hawkeye that can validate if the ball would have hit the stumps. And in Afridi’s case - the Hawkeye proved that the Umpire got it right.
there is no such rule? how long have u been watching cricket?
Leg before wicket (lbw) is one of the ways in which a batter can be dismissed in the sport of cricket. Following an appeal by the fielding side, the umpire may rule a batter out LBW if the ball would have struck the wicket but was instead intercepted by any part of the batsman's body (except the hand(s) holding the bat). The umpire's decision will depend on a number of criteria, including where the ball pitched, whether the ball hit in line with the wickets, the ball's expected future traject...
read this..especially the following part
The essence of the rule might be concisely stated as: If the ball hits the batsman (but not his bat or hand first) when it was otherwise going to hit the wicket, then it is judged out LBW, unless (1) it pitched (bounced) on the leg side or (2) it hit the batsman outside the off stump and he was adjudged to be genuinely attempting to play the ball.