Cricket Wide Ball Rules. Judging a wide if the bowler bowls the ball so high over or so wide of the wick et that in the opinion of the umpire it passes out of reach of the striker standing in a normal guard position the umpire shall call and signal wide ball as soon as it has passed the line of the striker s wicket. The laws of cricket explained with tcd.
A wide ball will be called when the batsman playing a normal stroke is unable to reach the ball. This can apply to a bouncer. If the wicket keeper misses the ball and it travels all the way to the boundary the batting team is awarded five wides just as if the ball had been hit to the boundary for a four off a no ball.
It is the umpire s job to decide when a wide ball has been bowled.
15 3 1 the striker by moving from his guard position causes the ball to pass out of his reach. Now this rule is upheld in tests. 22 4 1 the umpire shall not adjudge a delivery as being a wide if the striker by moving either causes the ball to pass wide of him her as defined in 22 1 2. This video has been produced as a helpful guide to clarify the laws of cricket by mcc and ic.
