What is ball tampering?

Answer 1

in other words its "cheating"

Answer 2

In the sport of cricket, ball tampering is an action in which a fielder illegally alters the condition of the ball. 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.[1]

Ball tampering is roughly analogous to preparing a spitball in baseball, a pitch thrown after illegally modifying the ball
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The umpires are responsible for monitoring the condition of the ball, and must inspect it regularly. Where an umpire has deemed a fielder to be guilty of ball-tampering, five penalty runs are awarded to the batting side, and the ball must be immediately replaced. The replaced ball is normally chosen by the umpires, in which case the ball chosen should match the condition of the previous ball (before tampering) as closely as possible. Depending on additional agreements laid out before the beginning of a series of matches, the batsmen may be instead permitted to choose the ball from a selection of balls in various stages of use.

A bowler guilty of ball-tampering can be prohibited from continuing to bowl in that innings if he is found to be repeatedly ball-tampering. Following the conclusion of play, additional sanctions are usually brought against a ball-tamperer, as it is considered a serious offense. The captain may be equally penalized, as he is responsible for the conduct of his players on the field.

Answer 3

Ball tampering - is called to a term where a player spoils seem of the ball or try to reduce shine of one side of the ball by scratching or using foriegn objects (for ex - a chewing gum) he rubs the seem (threaded portion) so that it can get reverse swing which can trouble any batsmen if he is well set also....those kind of cases is been recently registered amongst Shoaid Aktar recently.

Answer 4

scratch the ball with somethin like the kind of softdrink lid or somethin else tat damages the ball...
it yeilds extra swing which makes difficult for the batsmen an advantage to the bowler...
Tat is y it is illegal!!!

Answer 5

I saw a guy doing this in the bus depot. He had his hand in his pocket. I don't think he was searching for change. Kind of grossed me out!

Answer 6

You should go to www.shoabahktar.org for the right answer

Answer 7

Its something my girlfriend does to me when I'm sleeping.