The Shaded Bricks - 5 Unknown Laws of Cricket

5. Restrictions on Injured Fielder:

There are a number of rules for a player while leaving the field. First of all, the player must take the permission of the umpire for leaving. If the player happens to be out of the field for a span of over 15 minutes, he shall not be allowed to bowl for the exact length of the time for which he was out. If it happens to be the case that the player, while he was off the field, the bowling of his respective team concluded, then he shall not be allowed to bat for the exact amount of time from the commencement of the innings. Things might look to be tricky.

Let us make it simple by providing an example. In the third test between India and South Africa in January, 2007, Sachin Tendulkar was out of the field for eighteen minutes at the end of the first innings of South African batting. Just after the innings concluded, in the second innings of the Indian batting, the two opening batsmen were dismissed early and Sachin could not come into bat at number 4 as eighteen minutes to the Indian innings had not passed since its commencement. Sourav Ganguly came into bat at number 4.

Also, there are further restrictions about this. If a player, who earlier left the field fail to inform the umpire about his return to the field, and if it happens that the fielder fields a ball, the umpire shall offer 5 penalty runs to the batting team.

Quick Link : 30 Mind Boggling Cricket Facts You Did Not Know