CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8044, 5 February 1906, Page 3

CRICKET.

AXSWKIIS TO COIiHESI'OXJ)KNTS. Isv CnvHii-l'dixT.; W.M.-(l) A Imtsmaii may only hit the ball iiviit [or (ho purpose of dofeiidin : his wicket. Tf he attempts to nia'io a run from the second hit he is out:--" Hit the hall twice." See rule 27. (2) As the ball is not dead til) finally settled in the wicket keeper's hands, he may run if a fielder returns the ball and the same is fumbled by the wieket keeper or bowler, and the run is counted as a hit. (3) The batsman is undoubtedly out—runout, The ball is not dead, as the bowler has made it alive by preparing for a.delivery. KxiiUilEii, —In a one day's match the side which bats first and leads b) 75 runs shall have the option of requiring the other side to follow then; iuniugs. One hundred runs carries the same privilege in a two days' match and 150 in a three days' match. Ixgi.kwooii.—You should use youi best endeavours to form an Umpire': Association, and that body shook appoint umpires for each cup match. UupiUE,—You should carefully use your judgment as to whether a ball is ascending or descending. A batsman may palpably be m front of his wicket, and yet the ball might from its upward tendency clear the wieket by a foot or so. If so you would not give the bats, man out. Siiokt-i.ku.—A ball is not dead if it strikes the umpire. (1). Ten minutes is the time allowed for a striker to come in, aud ten minutes between each innings. Bmvi.Kit You may change your style as often us you like in an over; irovidiug, of course, if you decide to >owl round the wicket, you notify the unpirc of such, to enable I lie batsman o take a fresh guard.