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What happens if a batsman makes contact with a ball well above head height?
In the past such balls were called no balls sometimes and wide sometimes. However, now I see the umps call them wides only. So, what happens if a batsman makes contact with a ball that is above head height (which would have been called a wide otherwise) and possibly even leads to the batsman being caught (or being bowled)? Would they then declare it a no ball? If yes, I find it kind of silly...why not just stick with a no ball always?
Me, I'm very well aware of beamers and I'm not confusing it with a beamer.
I'm guessing then the umpire calls the ball a no ball if the bowler has already bowled his quota of allowable balls over shoulder height in an over.
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- Bill PLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
If he plays and hits the ball it is accepted as a normal delivery. It is not a wide or no ball.
If the ball bounces over the batsmen's head and he doesn't hit it, then it is a wide. If it is a full toss waist high or higher, that is a no ball.
- 1 decade ago
Dude, no. A wide is given when the umpire feels that the batsman will not be able to play the ball. I suppose you are confusing the overhead wide with the beamer(when the full toss is above waist height). The ball which bounces and then passes over the batsman's head is a WIDE, NOT A NO BALL. In such a case, if the bat makes contact with the ball, it is called a legitimate delivery.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
I believe ray A. The regulation states that any ball that could desire to have exceeded the batsman above head height is bigoted and could be talked approximately as a no ball. that's often times puzzling for an umpire however the intense wording in maximum regulations is "interior the opinion of the umpire"
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It's the batsman's fault if they go for every ball.
Usually if you try to hit a high ball, it will go to the boundary.
In any form of cricket, a cool head and patience is they key.
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- Carlos IglesiasLv 61 decade ago
he will be left looking very silly, his friends will pretend they don't know him, his girlfriend will break up with him (by text message) and stray dogs will chase him and try to bite him, other than that nothing will happen ok
