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	Leg before wicket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Despite the word leg in leg before wicket, the rule applies if the ball hits the batsman on any part of his body, except for the glove of a hand in contact with the bat (which is considered part of the bat).
		Lbw (N) lbw (N) was a term used to describe an alteration in the law of leg before wicket that was made by MCC on November 21, 1934.
		The term "lbw (N)" referred to the fact that from 1935 to 1937, wickets under the new leg before wicket rule were distinguished in scoredcards published by Wisden from those under the pre-1935 rule.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leg_before_wicket (1433 words)

	Leg spin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A leg spin bowler attempts to flick the ball with his wrist in the act of delivery so as to cause the ball to spin anti-clockwise.
		Good leg spin bowlers are also able to bowl deliveries that behave unexpectedly, including the googly, which turns the opposite way to a normal leg break, and the topspinner, which doesn't deviate significantly.
		A few exceptional leg spinners (notably Shane Warne) also mastered the flipper, a delivery that like a topspinner goes straight on landing but travels quickly and barely bounces on landing, often dismissing batsmen leg before wicket or bowled.
	www.wikipedia.com /wiki/Leg_spin (407 words)

	Info and facts on 'Leg before wicket' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		The lbw rule is designed to prevent a batsman protecting his wicket against being bowled with his body, rather than his bat (Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate).
		The lbw rule is always adjudged by the umpire at the bowler's end.
		However, as of now, lbw remains one of the few decisions that fall solely under the purview of the on-field umpire.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/le/leg_before_wicket.htm (578 words)

	Station Information - Leg before wicket
		In cricket, leg before wicket (lbw) is the dismissal of a batsman when the ball hits the player's leg pads when it would have continued to hit the stumps.
		Interestingly, although it is called "leg" before wicket, practically, it applies to any part of the body except the gloves holding the bat.
		The ball must also have been pitched in line with the stumps or on the off-side for the umpire to give the batsman 'out'; furthermore, if the batsman is hit outside the line of the off-stump, he cannot be given out if he is attempting to hit the ball.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/l/le/leg_before_wicket.html (310 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Leg before wicket and the third umpire - Tuesday \| September 17, 2002
		For the first time in the history of the game, the third umpire is being used for leg before wicket decisions and apart from West Indians who are still talking about Mervyn Dillon's wayward over, that is what the fans have been focusing on.
		The questions are: did the ball pitch outside the leg stump, did it touch the bat, and if after looking at the television replays the third umpire rules that the ball did pitch outside the leg stump or it did touch the bat, the standing umpire rules not out.
		It is the umpire on the field who decides if the ball would have hit the wicket and he is the one who decides when a batsman is leg before wicket or not.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20020917/sports/sports4.html (394 words)

	Dismissal (cricket) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If the ball strikes any part of the batsman's anatomy (not necessarily the leg), and, in the umpire's judgement, the ball would have hit the batsman's stumps had his anatomy not intervened, then the batsman is out.
		There are some subtleties, however, to do with where the ball pitches (bounces), whether the batsman intentionally hit the ball with his body or attempted to play a legitimate stroke with the bat, and exactly where it hits the batsman in relation to the line of the stumps.
		If a fielder uses the ball to remove the bails from either set of stumps whilst the batsmen are running between the wickets (or otherwise away from the crease during the course of play), then the batsman (striker or non-striker) is out.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dismissal_(cricket) (929 words)

	6. Getting Out - Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Then the trajectory of the ball and point of impact on the batsman's pads is judged by the umpire, such that it would have crashed into the stumps, had the batsman's pads not been in the way.
		LBW decisions are also given if the batsman does NOT attempt to hit the ball, and the ball pitches outside off stump, then turns into the batsman.
		Hit Wicket : If the batsman hits the stumps either with his bat or body and dislodges a bail from the stump; he is out Hit-Wicket.
	nichalp.port5.com /eng/gettingout6.html (421 words)

	Hit wicket - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This method is the sixth most common method of dismissal after caught, bowled, leg before wicket, run out and stumped.
		Although a bowler is given credit for the wicket, it is not a method of dismissal that a bowler actively seeks and it is relatively uncommon.
		A batsman may not be given out Hit wicket if the ball is not actually delivered by the bowler or if the delivery is a no ball (ie a delivery that is not fair).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Hit_wicket (470 words)

	Cricinfo - The second-class counties and the law of leg before
		As regards the new L.B.W. rule, I hope myself it will not come into force, as in my opinion there is not enough in it to make it worth the alteration, and also I think it gives the umpire too large a scope.
		Some players seem to think it does not matter where the leg (or part of the body) is so long as the leg stops the ball from hitting the wicket-they don"t know that any part of the personmust be between wicket and wicket.
		Before replying to your letter I have waited till we had a Committee meeting, so that I might be able to give you a more general idea of Hertfordshire men"s opinions on the proposed alteration in the L. rule and on our new system of scoring points.
	www.icc-cricket.com /wisdenalmanack/content/story/150165.html (1855 words)

	Leg spin - Wikipedia
		While very difficult to bowl accurately, it is the most effective form of spin bowling against right-handed batters as the spin takes the ball away from the batter rather than in towards them, which is much more difficult to deal with.
		Good leg spin bowlers are also able to bowl deliveries that behave unexpectedly, including the googly, which turns the opposite way to a normal legspinner, and the topspinner, which doesn't deviate significantly.
		However, leg spin has again become popular with cricket fans and a successful part of cricket teams, as the contest between batter and bowler is perhaps more cerebral than the physical contest between batters and faster bowlers.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leg_spin (310 words)

	Cricket (sport)
		At each end of the pitch is placed a wicket, composed of three stumps and two bails.
		Each time that the batting pair is able to run between the wickets after a ball has been bowled (and before the stumps are or potentially can be touched with the ball, with the bails being dislodged), a run is scored.
		French cricket is a game in which the ball is bowled at the legs of the batsman, with the batsman's legs forming the wicket.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/cr/cricket__sport_.html (2903 words)

	* LAW 36 * (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		wicket and wicket or on the off side of the striker’s wicket
		or (ii) is either between wicket and wicket or outside the line
		The off side of the striker’s wicket shall be determined by the striker’s stance at
	members.rediff.com /cricket/l36.html (211 words)

	Leg break - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		A leg break is bowled by holding the cricket ball in the palm of the hand with the seam running across under all the fingers.
		When the ball bounces on the pitch, the spin causes it to deviate towards the left from the bowler's perspective; this is to the right from the batsman's point of view, or towards the off side of a right-handed batsman.
		A left-handed batsman has less difficulty facing leg spin bowling, because the ball moves in towards the batsman's body, meaning the batsman's legs are usually in the path of the ball if it misses the bat or takes an edge.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Leg_break (402 words)

	CRICKETNEXT.COM NEWS :: Australia seal nine-wicket win over Kiwis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		New Zealand, however, lost five wickets before lunch and the remaining five in the middle session as Australia seized control after trailing for most of the first three days.
		Leg spinner Shane Warne then destroyed the tail, taking five for 39 from 14 overs to notch his 29th five-wicket haul in tests and sail past 1,000 first-class wickets in his career.
		Seven of their 10 batsmen fell leg before wicket, equalling the world record for a test innings.
	www.cricketnext.com /news1/next/reutersmar05/reuters041.htm (565 words)

	Rashid Latif Cricket Academy :: Cricket Laws :: Law 36 (Leg before wicket)
		and (d) the point of impact, even if above the level of the bails either (i) is between wicket and wicket or (ii) is either between wicket and wicket or outside the line of the off stump, if the striker has made no genuine attempt to play the ball with his bat
		(b) In assessing point (e) in 1 above, it is to be assumed that the path of the ball before interception would have continued after interception, irrespective of whether the ball might have pitched subsequently or not.
		The off side of the striker's wicket shall be determined by the striker's stance at the moment the ball comes into play for that delivery.
	www.rlca.com.pk /law36.asp (234 words)

	An Explanation of Cricket - What is Cricket
		At each end of the wicket are placed three sticks adjacent to each other in an upright position: these are the 'stumps'.
		A batsman can also be out 'leg before wicket' or 'lbw': this is one of the more complex and vexatious rules and usually involves the ball striking the batsman's leg-protectors or 'pads' and the likelihood of the onward trajectory of the ball striking the wicket has the player's anatomy not intervened.
		Either player can be 'run-out' if the wicket towards which they are running during the course of play is struck with the ball prior to their reaching the safety of the crease.
	www.abcofcricket.com /cfb1/cfb4/cfb4.htm (761 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Umpires now saying yes to slow bowlers - Tuesday \| March 1, 2005
		OF ALL the ways that a batsman can be dismissed in cricket, the one that causes the most controversy is leg before wicket, and when all is said and done, that is why after years of resistance, the ICC finally decided a few years ago on neutral umpires for every Test match.
		The most common 'bad' decision, however, is the leg before decision.
		They believed that the ball would have hit the wicket, they saw no reason why the bowlers should not get their just reward, and they made their decisions according to the law.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050301/sports/sports8.html (446 words)

	ipedia.com: Richard Hadlee Article
		A bowling "all-rounder", in an 86-Test career he took 431 wickets (at the time a record) at the excellent average of 22.29, and made 3124 test runs at 27.16, including 2 centuries and 16 fifties.
		Initially extremely quick, as the years progressed he gained accuracy, movement off the wicket and in the air, and a reputation that probably gained him quite a few wickets on its own.
		His economical action was notable for his close approach to the wicket at the bowler's end (to the point where he occasionally knocked the bails off in his approach), a line which meant he was able to trap many batsmen leg before wicket.
	www.ipedia.com /richard_hadlee.html (240 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Smith and Herschelle Gibbs scored over four an over in the opening stand of 42 before latter misread Kaneria’s flipper and was adjudged leg before wicket for 20.
		The right-arm seamer returned for his second spell and had tailender Mushtaq Ahmed leg before wicket and removed last man Kaneria as Pakistan lost eight wickets for just 111 runs and Pollock claimed his 16th five-wicket haul.
		Inzamam started the day with a pulled four off Makhya Ntini’s first ball of the morning, but was trapped leg before by Pollock off the third delivery with the new ball.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031027/asp/sports/story_2504534.asp (630 words)

	Pathan equals Indian record
		- The eighth wicket partnership of 65 runs between Mohammad Ashraful and Mohammad Rafique is Bangladesh's second highest for this wicket against all countries after the 87-run partnership between this same pair against West Indies at Gros Islet in 2004.
		Incidentally, the previous highest eighth wicket partnership for Bangladesh at home soil was a paltry 39 between Mushfiqur Rahman and Mohammad Rafique against New Zealand at Chittagong in October this year.
		- The five leg before wicket dismissals in the Bangladeshi innings equalled the record of maximum such dismissals in an innings by India in an overseas Test.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2004/dec/11stats.htm (441 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Glossary
		on or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs as he stands in the batting stance; synonym for on.
		fielding position on the leg side, about 30 degrees behind square, a static catching position designed to catch the ball after it hits the edge of the bat and deflects a long way, or for misplaced pull or sweep shots; fielding position between leg slip and square leg.
		the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs as he stands in the batting stance; synonym for on side.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/glossary/l.html (935 words)

	Leg spin : Googly
		Leg spin is a type of bowling used in cricket.
		A legspin bowler attempts to flick the ball with his wrist in the act of delivery so as to cause the ball to spin anti-clockwise.
		It was, 'The she-dragon is sick to-day; I wish to been treating me to some of her Billingsgate to-day,' and so forth: French and Italian, in which many of them were written, did not.
	www.termsdefined.net /go/googly.html (551 words)

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