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LAW 31 CHANGES
Law 31.7 allows a batter to be recalled by the umpires when he has left the wicket thinking he was out and Law 31.8 allows the captain of the fielding side to withdraw an appeal
Although the withdrawal of an appeal had to take place before the outgoing batter crossed the boundary, there was, under the previous Law, no time limit imposed upon Law 31.7 for when the batter had left the wicket under a misapprehension
The appropriate moment for both situations is when the ball comes into play for the next delivery, as a batter might well have left the field with a small boundary before the time that the umpires had discovered a problem with the ‘dismissal’
This point is therefore clarified in 31.7. If there are no further batters to take the field in that innings, then the time limit will be the instant the umpires leave the field
Law 31.7 allows a batter to be recalled by the umpires when he has left the wicket thinking he was out and Law 31.8 allows the captain of the fielding side to withdraw an appeal
Although the withdrawal of an appeal had to take place before the outgoing batter crossed the boundary, there was, under the previous Law, no time limit imposed upon Law 31.7 for when the batter had left the wicket under a misapprehension
The appropriate moment for both situations is when the ball comes into play for the next delivery, as a batter might well have left the field with a small boundary before the time that the umpires had discovered a problem with the ‘dismissal’
This point is therefore clarified in 31.7. If there are no further batters to take the field in that innings, then the time limit will be the instant the umpires leave the field