15 Laws of cricket that you need to know

13. Batsman out of his ground:

The rule 29 of the rule book states that the batsman shall be considered out of his ground unless his bat or some part of his body is grounded behind the popping crease at the end.

If a running batsman, having grounded some part of his foot behind the popping crease, continues running further towards the wicket at that end and beyond, then any subsequent total loss of contact with the ground of both his person and his bat during his continuing forward momentum shall not be interpreted as being out of his ground.

The rule even states which is a batsman’s ground if,

• Only one batsman is within a ground,
• Both the batsmen are in the same ground and one of them subsequently leaves it.
• There is no batsman in either ground, then each ground belongs to whichever batsman is nearer to it, or if the batsmen are level, whichever batsman was nearer to it immediately prior to their drawing level.
• If a ground belongs to one batsman then, unless there is a striker who has a runner, the other ground belongs to the other batsman, irrespective of his position.