Index
- Boundary Home
- 19.1 Determining the boundary of the field of play
- 19.2 Identifying and marking the boundary
- 19.3 Restoring the boundary
- 19.4 Ball grounded beyond the boundary
- 19.5 Fielder grounded beyond the boundary
- 19.6 Boundary allowances
- 19.7 Runs scored from boundaries
- 19.8 Overthrow or wilful act of fielder
19.4 BALL GROUNDED BEYOND THE BOUNDARY
This is a section of Law 19 which prevents a fielder going beyond the boundary and jumping up to return the ball to the field of play whilst they themselves are not grounded beyond the boundary even though they may have been beyond the boundary when they jumped
A fielder cannot go beyond the boundary and make his first contact with the ball that would otherwise have been a boundary when he jumps up from a position beyond the boundary
All airborne fielders making their first contact with the ball will need to have taken off from within the boundary, otherwise a boundary is scored
The fielder must be grounded inside the boundary immediately before touching the ball for the first time
To claim a catch or field the ball, the fielder must jump from within the boundary
This is a section of Law 19 which prevents a fielder going beyond the boundary and jumping up to return the ball to the field of play whilst they themselves are not grounded beyond the boundary even though they may have been beyond the boundary when they jumped
A fielder cannot go beyond the boundary and make his first contact with the ball that would otherwise have been a boundary when he jumps up from a position beyond the boundary
All airborne fielders making their first contact with the ball will need to have taken off from within the boundary, otherwise a boundary is scored
The fielder must be grounded inside the boundary immediately before touching the ball for the first time
To claim a catch or field the ball, the fielder must jump from within the boundary