15 Laws of cricket that you need to know

15. Boundary catching:

The law 32.4 of the rule book states that the ball may be caught subject to provisions of Law 32 (Boundaries), or fielded after it has crossed the boundary, provided that,

• The first contact with the ball is by a fielder either with some part of his person grounded within the boundary or whose final contact with the ground before touching the ball was within the boundary.
• Neither the ball nor any fielder in contact with the ball, touches or is grounded beyond, the boundary at any time during the act of making the catch or of fielding the ball.

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The act of making the catch, or of fielding the ball, shall start from the time when the ball first comes into contact with some part of fielder’s body and shall end when a fielder obtains complete control both over the ball and over his own movement and has no part of his body touching or grounded beyond the boundary.