2006-08-26 05:39:24 · 8 answers · asked by Ali 5 in Sports ➔ Cricket
Under Law 42, subsection 3 of the Laws of Cricket, the ball may be polished without the use of an artificial substance, may be dried with a towel if it is wet, and have mud removed from it under supervision; all other actions which alter the condition of the ball are illegal. These are usually taken to include rubbing the ball on the ground, scuffing with a fingernail or other sharp object, or tampering with the seam of the ball
The use of foreign substances to polish the ball, while illegal, is in some corners considered to be relatively common, and passes without incident or sanction. Substances which are suggested for this purpose include hair gel, sugar and lip balm.
In addition, picking at the threads of the main seam or 'lifting' the quarter seam to aid conventional and reverse swing respectively are considered illegal. Modifying the quarter seam can be particularly difficult to detect or prove.
However, there has been a number of high-profile instances of ball tampering, particulary in international cricket due to the increase in television coverage. The Pakistani cricket team were arguably the first to come under scrutiny, when they were together in 1992 accused of ball-tampering to achieve large amounts of reverse swing.
Then England captain Michael Atherton was accused of ball tampering during the a test match with South Africa at Lords in 1994 after television cameras caught Atherton reaching into his pocket and then rubbing a substance on the ball. Atherton denied ball tampering, claiming that he had dirt in his pocket which he used to dry his hands. Atherton was summoned to the match referee and was fined £2,000 for failing to disclose the dirt to the match referee.
2006-08-26 12:29:49 · answer #1 · answered by brinlarrr 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
5 penalty runs can be awarded at anytime by the Umpire's discretion if he feels any part of the spirit of cricket and fair play rules are breached.
It is usually used for the ball being obstructed by fielders apparel not worn by the fielder. ie if the wicket keeper keeps a helmet behind him, and the ball is somhow stopped from making the boundary by hitting it.
Everyone seems to think Hair awarded the 5 pens for the ball tampering (according to 42.3), but I don't think it was, because it wasn't done until after Pakistan refused to re-emerge after tea. 42.9 is the law stating unfair wasting of time by the fielding side may result in the awarding of 5 penalty runs. I think he awarded the penalty to Pakistan as a warning that they were about to forfeit if they didn't emerge before 15 minutes after the start of play had elapsed.
2006-08-27 09:48:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ball was tampered with and the decision to take 5 runs from Pakistan was not made by Hair alone.
2006-08-26 20:20:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Law used by Umpire Hair was 42.3 which deals with ball tampering
2006-08-27 01:52:33 · answer #4 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ball Tampering
2006-08-26 14:20:18 · answer #5 · answered by Rajesh G 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
5 runs always given in breaking rules in fielding.. if that found by impire..
2006-08-26 12:45:28 · answer #6 · answered by ajay India Bazaar 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I would like to know what is that.
2006-08-26 18:43:10 · answer #7 · answered by chunnu 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I'd like to know!
2006-08-26 12:44:01 · answer #8 · answered by RebelBlood 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋