5 Most confusing rules in cricket
Understanding the complicated rules isn't as easy as they might seem absurd or rather confusing to our ears but exist within the laws of the game.
5. Calling Wide for Switch Hit
Wide deliveries might be the simplest to call but the most difficult deliveries to judge. For instance, take a case where the batsman takes a step or two outside the stumps; here, it would not be correct to call a wide even if the ball crosses the marked line. But on specific occasions, if the batsman just wanders in his crease and stays back in his usual stance and the bowler sprays wide, the umpire might be confused whether the batsman was moving for the ball and came back in during the time of delivery.
‘Switch Hit’ is one such shot that has managed to confuse everyone including the umpires. When a batsman changes his stance, it gets hard to judge a wide delivery. A batsman moving across the wicket tends to confuse the umpire, this ultimately leads to a wrong decision.
Players like Kevin Pietersen, David Warner, and Jos Buttler often play such shots and thus it gets confusing for an umpire to judge a wide delivery.
~Written Arvind Kalyana Krishnan
Download Our App