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16. The striker hits the ball into the outfield. It bounces some distance in font on a fielder,
standing close to but not touching the boundary which is marked by a line. The fielder bends
backwards, without moving his feet, to field the ball after it has passed over the boundary.
He returns the ball to the wicket keeper. In these circumstances would you (a) take no
action or (b) signal a boundary four. Explain why you think that answer which you have
chosen is the correct course of action?
17. In the circumstances of question 16, the fielder, instead of catching the ball off the
bounce, jumps up and pushes the ball with his hand, back into the field or play. Has a
boundary been scored?
(i) if he jumped from where he was standing?
(ii) he stepped over the boundary line before jumping up?
18. Give the relevant foot positions for a delivery to be fair in respect of the feet.
19. You call and signal Wide ball. The wicket-keeper fails to stop the ball and the batsmen
attempt two runs. The non-striker is run out at your end before completing the second run.
How many runs are scored?
20. In which of the following situations is an umpire required to call and signal Dead ball?
a) The batsmen deliberately run short.
b) The ball comes to rest before reaching the striker.
c) The bowler drops the ball accidentally before delivery.
d) The ball lodges in the clothing of an umpire.
e) Attempted Leg byes are to be disallowed.
f) Lost ball is called.
21. You are at the striker’s end. The scores are level. Your colleague at the bowler’s end calls
and signals Wide ball as the wicket-keeper correctly puts down the wicket with the striker
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