Index
- Umpires Home
- 2.1 Appointment and attendance
- 2.2 Change of umpire
- 2.3 Consultation with captains
- 2.4 Wickets, creases and boundaries
- 2.5 Conduct of game, implements ....
- 2.6 Fair & unfair play
- 2.7 Fitness for play
- 2.8 Suspension of play ...
- 2.9 Position of umpires
- 2.10 Umpires changing ends
- 2.11 Disagreement and dispute
- 2.12 Umpire's decision
- 2.13 Signals
- 2.14 Informing the umpires
- 2.15 Correctness of scores
Before the toss the umpires and captains must agree:
Boundary markings and allowances
On most cricket grounds, the normal allowance for the ball crossing the boundary after pitching in the field of play is 4 runs
Similarly, if a ball, struck by the striker, crosses the boundary without pitching on the field of play, the normal allowance is 6 runs
On a very small ground, it may be a local custom that no Boundary 6s are allowed even if the ball clears the boundary