Index
- Fielder Home
- 28.1 Protective equipment
- 28.2 Fielding the ball
- 28.3 Protective helmets ....
- 28.4 Limitation of on side fielders
- 28.5 Fielders not to encroach on the pitch
- 28.6 Movement by fielders
28.3 PROTECTIVE HELMETS
BELONGING TO THE FIELDING SIDE
A fielder's helmet when not being worn may be placed
A fielder's helmet when not being worn may be placed
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on the ground
behind the wicket-keeper
in line with the wickets
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the ball shall immediately become dead
the umpire shall signal No ball or Wide to the scorers, if applicable
the umpire shall award 5 Penalty runs to the batting side
any runs completed by the batters before the ball strikes the protective helmet shall be scored, together with the run in progress if the batters had already crossed at the instant of the ball striking the protective helmet