Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following is NOT a way in which a batsman can get out in a game of cricket?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFCorrect answer Leg bye
Key Points:
- The Silly Point in cricket is the position where the fielder stands in close vicinity of the batsman and is in danger of being hit.
Cricket:
- The first official cricket test match was played in the year 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
- When some other countries started playing cricket, Imperial Cricket Conference was formed in 1909, which gave birth to International Cricket Conference in 1956.
- The First One Day International cricket match was played in the year 1971 between England and Australia in Melbourne.
- The first World Cup of one-day matches was played in 1975 in London.
- The apex institution of world cricket is the ‘International Cricket Council’ (ICC) and its headquarters are in Dubai.
- The ICC was founded in 1909.
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was formed in 1928.
- Terms used in Cricket are Maiden Over, Follow-on, Rubber, Ashes, Catch, Bowled, Stump Out, Run Out, L.B.W. Hit Wicket, Not out, No ball, Wide ball, Dead ball, Overthrow, Bye, Leg bye, Cover drive, Late cut, Hook, Glance, Stroke, Spot, Pull, Sixer, Followthrough, Turn, Googley, Spin, Yorker, Bouncer, Hat trick, Round the wicket, Over the wicket, Seamer, Boundry line, Slip, Square leg, Runner. Cover, Gully, Long on, Silly point, Midwicket, Mid on, Forward short leg, Deep/mid-wicket, etc.
Trophies associated with cricket:
- Moinuddaula Gold Cup
- C.K. Naidu Trophy
- Deodhar Trophy
- Duleep Trophy
- Rani Jhansi Trophy
- Ranjit Trophy
- Bowled: This dismissal occurs when the bowler's delivery knocks down the batsman's wicket (the three stumps with two bails on top).
- Leg Before Wicket (LBW): This is when the umpire judges the ball would have hit the wicket if the batsman hadn't obstructed it with their body or pad.
- Stumped: This dismissal happens when the batsman is out of their crease (the ground behind the wicket) and the wicket-keeper removes the bails with the ball in their hand while the batsman's foot is not grounded.
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