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	Cricket - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		As there must always be two batsmen on the field, if and when the tenth batsman is out, the team's turn to bat or innings (always with a terminal "s" in cricket usage) is over, and the other team may bat while the first team takes the field.
		The standard fielding positions in cricket for a right-handed batsman; the positions are reflected for a left-handed batsman.
		Obstructing the field — When a batsman deliberately hinders a fielder from attempting to field the ball.
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	About Cricket - UMKC Cricket Club
		As there must always be two batsmen on the field, if and when the tenth batsman is out, the team's turn to bat (innings) is over, and the other team may bat while the first team takes the field.
		The area of the field on the side of the line joining the wickets where the batsman holds his bat (the right-hand side for a right-handed batsman, the left for a left-hander) is known as the off side, the other as the leg side or on side.
		Obstructing the field, Handled the ball, Timed Out and Hit the ball twice dismissals are extremely rare.
	studo.umkc.edu /cricket/WhatsCricket.html (5849 words)

	Cricket - An Old British Colonial Game
		In front of the line of the striker's wicket is in the area of the field of play in front of the imaginary line joining the fronts of the stumps at one end; this line to be considered extended in both directions to the boundary.
		Behind the wicket is in the area of the field of play behind the imaginary line joining the backs of the stumps at one end; this line to be considered extended in both directions to the boundary.
		A player going briefly outside the boundary in the course of discharging his duties as a fielder is not absent from the field of play nor, for the purposes of Law 2.5 (Fielder absent or leaving the field), is he to be regarded as having left the field of play.
	home.att.net /~r.northcutt/Cricket-An_Old_Ball_Game-explained.htm (4334 words)

	Rashid Latif Cricket Academy :: Cricket Laws :: Law 37 (Obstructing the field)
		Either batsman is out Obstructing the field if he wilfully obstructs or distracts the opposing side by word or action.
		It shall be regarded as obstruction if either batsman wilfully, and without the consent of the fielding side, strikes the ball with his bat or person, other than a hand not holding the bat, after the ball has touched a fielder.
		Either batsman is out under this Law if, without the consent of the fielding side and while the ball is in play, he uses his bat or person to return the ball to any member of that side.
	www.rlca.com.pk /law37.asp (290 words)

	Obstructing the field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Obstructing the field is a rare method of dismissal in the sport of cricket.
		If either batsman is out 'obstructing the field', any runs completed before the offence, together with any penalty extras and the penalty for a No ball or Wide are still scored, except when the offence stopped a catch being caught when only penalties are still scored.
		They could obstruct the fielders and they could hit the ball as many times as necessary to preserve their wicket.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Obstructing_the_field (772 words)

	Cricket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A player from the fielding team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather ball from one wicket towards the other.
		A standard cricket ground, showing the cricket pitch (brown), close-infield (light green) within 15 yards (13.7 m) of the striking batsman, infield (medium green) inside the white 30 yard (27.4 m) circle, and outfield (dark green), with sight screens beyond the boundary at either end.
		In Kwik cricket, the bowler does not have to wait for the batsman to be ready before a delivery, leading to a faster, more exhausting game designed to appeal to children, which is often used in English schools' PE lessons.
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	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Glossary
		in 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 leg.
		the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs as he stands in the batting stance; synonym for leg side.
		the region of the field outside the rough circle bordered by the wicket-keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket, and square leg.
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	Abc of Cricket Forum > What Does The Law Say?
		Feb 16 2006, 05:40 PM as far as i know the batter is well within his rights to use his bat to stop the ball from hitting the stumps, it is not out as hitting the ball twice unless the batsman seeks to achieve a run after the additional strike from the bat.
		The ball is always under the ownership of the fielding side and the batsman only has a right to view the ball whilst the umpire is in control of the ball or if the fielder lets him see it on request.
		Though a decision under HTBT or OTF or HTB is a rare one at all levels of the game these game-situations are grilled into budding umpires during the course of their training (or should be).
	www.abcofcricket.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t1567.html (3368 words)

	Greater Kansas Cricket Club - Cricket 101 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The team that was fielding then goes into bat until they are all out and it is a case of the team who scored the most being the winner.
		Nine members of the fielding team can be positioned around the pitch at the discretion of the captain, while one serves as the wicketkeeper and the other is the bowler.
		The size of the field on which the game is played varies from ground to ground but the pitch is always a rectangular area of 22 yards (20.12m) in length and 10ft (3.05m) in width.
	www.kansascricketclub.org /clubpages/id_405 (8556 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Getting Out
		Technically, whenever the members of the fielding team think a batsman is out, they must appeal to an umpire to make the ruling that he is out.
		If the fielding team neglects to appeal to an umpire for a non-obvious decision, the umpire will not make any ruling at all, and the batsman is not out by default.
		The not out batsman remains on the field, at the wicket that was nearer to him than to the out batsman when the wicket fell.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/out.html (1641 words)

	Law 1 (The Players)
		If a player comes on to the field of play in contravention of 5(2) above and comes into contact with the ball whileit is in play, the ball shall immediately become dead and the umpire shall award the batting team 5 runspenalty.The ball shall not count as one of the over.
		In particular he will be out if his runner is out under any of the laws 33 (handled the ball), 37 (obstructing the field), or 38 (run out).
		He remains subject to law 33 (handled the ball) and 37 (obstructing the field), but is otherwise out of the game.
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	Law 2 (Substitutes and runners; batsman or fielder leaving the field; batsman retiring; batsman commencing innings)
		Any injury or illness that occurs at any time after the nomination of the players until the conclusion of the match shall be allowable, irrespective of whether play is in progress or not.
		A substitute shall not be allowed to bat or bowl nor to act as wicket-keeper or as captain on the field of play.
		(ii) the umpire shall inform the other umpire, the captain of the fielding side, the batsmen and, as soon as practicable, the captain of the batting side of the reason for this action.
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	about CRICKET
		The center of the field is called the pitch and it is a 22-yard stretch of land where the main action takes place.
		After each over the bowling ends are changed and the fielding is also reversed.
		Obstructing the field: When a batsman deliberately obstructs a member of the fielding side by word or action
	www.cricket.ab.ca /html/body_about_cricket.html (1558 words)

	Laws Of Cricket
		When a Batsman has left the field or retired and is unable to return owing to illness, injury or other unavoidable cause his innings is to be recorded as "retired, not out".
		If a Batsman is out Obstructing the Field, any runs completed before the obstruction occurs shall be scored unless such obstruction prevents a catch being made in which case no runs shall be scored.
		If the fielding side interfere, the Umpire shall replace the ball where it came to rest and shall order the Fieldsmen to resume the places they occupied in the field before the ball was delivered.
	www.nationwidecricket.com /laws_of_cricket.htm (11643 words)

	How to Play Cricket : Fielding
		All players are dispersed to the field except Bowler and Wicket Keeper.
		Their job is to field the ball and stop runs being scored or get batsmen out.
		Field umpires stands at the bowling end and at the square leg.
	members.cox.net /tarun_web/ts4990/unix/cricket/fielding.html (240 words)

	CRICKET
		A match is divided into innings, during which one team bats while the other team bowls and fields.
		In each innings, the bowling team tries to limit the runs scored by the batting team and to get the opposition players out, an event which is described as 'taking a wicket'.
		In most stadiums, a rope demarcates the perimeter of the field and is known as the boundary.
	www.solarnavigator.net /sport/cricket.htm (4711 words)

	Cricket Made Easy
		In the centre of the field, and usually aligned along the long axis of the ellipse, is the pitch, a carefully prepared rectangle of closely mown and rolled grass over hard packed earth.
		The half of the field in front of the striker is called the off side, the half behind is called the leg side, or sometimes the on side.
		If an on-field umpire is unsure of a decision concerning either a run out or a stumping attempt, he may signal for the third umpire to view a television replay.
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	Cricinfo - The law stumps Inzamam
		The laws regarding fielding, 37 (1) and (2), are clear on this issue.
		Law 37 (1) states that a batsman is obstructing the field if he willfully obstructs or distracts the opposing side by word or action.
		It is also regarded as obstruction if a batsman willfully, and without the consent of the fielding side, strikes the ball with his bat or person - other than the hand not holding the bat - after the ball has touched a fielder.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /pakvind/content/story/235965.html (326 words)

	Dismissal (cricket) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If any batsman leaves the field of play without the Umpire's consent for any reason other than injury or incapacity, he may resume the innings only with the consent of the opposing captain.
		However, a batsman is allowed to obstruct the view of a fielder by standing in front of him.
		Only one individual has ever been out obstructing the field in a Test match, when England's Len Hutton in 1951, playing against South Africa at The Oval in London, prevented the South African wicket-keeper Russell Endean from catching him whilst knocking the ball away from his stumps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dismissal_(cricket) (1138 words)

	Rashid Latif Cricket Academy :: Cricket Laws :: Law 34 (Hit the ball twice)
		Note, however, the provisions of Law 37.4 (Returning the ball to a member of the fielding side).
		Note, however, the provisions of Law 37.1 (Out Obstructing the field).
		Solely in order to guard his wicket and before the ball has been touched by a fielder, the striker may lawfully strike the ball more than once with his bat or with any part of his person other than a hand not holding the bat.
	www.rlca.com.pk /law34.asp (749 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Sports : Cricket
		At each end of the pitch stand a set of wooden poles called a wicket (traditionally made from ash).
		There are no fixed dimensions for the field but its diameter usually varies between 450 feet (137 m) to 500 feet (150 m).
		A painted oval is made by drawing a semicircle of 30 yards (27.4 m) radius from the centre of each wicket with respect to the breadth of the pitch and joining them with lines parallel, 30 yards (27.4 m) to the length of the pitch.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Sports-Cricket.shtml (5907 words)

	Easy Indian Cooking, Recipes And Culture in the United States
		Teams bat in successive innings and attempt to score runs, while the opposing team fields and attempts to bring an end to the batting team's innings.
		The remainder of the batting team wait off the field for their turn to bat.
		The fielding team disperses around the field, to positions designed to stop runs being scored or to get batsmen out.
	www.cuisinecuisine.com /CultureCricket.htm (876 words)

	Inzy terms India's appeal 'unsporting' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul Haq has slammed the Indian team for appealing against him for obstructing the field in the first one-day international in Pewhawar and termed it as "against the spirit of cricket".
		Inzamam was ruled out obstructing the field after he stopped a fieleder's throw with the bat while attempting to get back to his crease in the series opener on Monday.
		"I am particularly referring to the obstructing the field, handling the ball and hitting the ball twice dismissals, also about the illegal practice of underarm bowling and running out a batsman while backing out.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2006/feb/08inzy.htm (567 words)

	Australia and its States, Sports, Food, Animals and Plants
		All eleven players from the fielding team go onto the field and two batsman from the opposing team.
		If a batsman misses the ball and in attempting to play it steps outside his crease, he is stumped if the wicket-keeper gathers the ball and breaks the wicket with it before the batsman can ground part of his body or his bat behind his crease.
		If a batsman hits a delivery with his bat and then deliberately hits the ball again for any reason other than to defend his wicket from being broken by the ball.
	www.angelfire.com /al2/Australia/cricket.html (851 words)

	FRANKLYN CARDS, cricket cigarette cards
		He may also be out for hitting the ball twice, for handling the ball and obstructing the field.
		Cricket has a long and illustrious tradition in the cigarette card field and because of the popularity of the sport they also command some of the highest prices in the cigarette card world, outside of the US baseball cards.
		Although gentleman and players may well have been indistinguishable on the field this was not the case off the field.
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	An outcome not 'just' yet, Obstructing the field and an 'A n B' show : Cricketfundas.com
		Apart from the Duckworth/Lewis method, another new visitor made his way into the scoresheets - a dismissal by the name "Obstructing the Field".
		Inzamam-Ul-Haq was given out obstructing the field, when he tried to protect himself from a Suresh Raina throw from mid-off.
		In accordance with the law, I feel that 'obstructing the field' and 'handling the ball' are the most bizarre forms of dismissals ever known in the game.
	www.cricketfundas.com /featurecjfeb6.html (1026 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 605 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has slammed the Indian team for appealing against him for obstructing the field in the first one-day International at Peshawar and termed it as "against the spirit of cricket".
		Inzamam was ruled out obstructing the field after he stopped a fielder's throw with the bat while attempting to get back to his crease in the series opener on Monday.
		Inzamam also made a veiled reference to Indian coach Greg Chappell instructing his younger brother Trevor to bowl underarm in a one-day international to prevent New Zealand from scoring a boundary off the last ball for victory in the early 1980s.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/02/09/d60209041243.htm (160 words)

	Inzi out obstructing the field - Bharath Kumar
		I was given out ‘obstructing the field’ in the first One-day International against India at Peshawar on Monday.
		If one surveyed the laws of cricket, the umpires’ decision was certainly according to the rules but, somehow, this law is something that I am not able to comprehend.
		You’re currently reading Inzi out obstructing the field, an entry on Bharath Kumar.
	www.obharath.net /blog/2006/02/10/inzi-out-obstructing-the-field (277 words)

	Law of Cricket 2
		substitute on the field, nor as to where the substitute shall field.
		If a fielder fails to take the field with his side at the start of the match or at any
		the field) but is otherwise out of the game.
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