can someone explain me when exactly is a batsman adjudged LBW? i mean, what are the associated rules?

Question

please also tell me what it all means, when a new batsman at the crease points some thing to the umpire with his fingers (like say,2 fingers)...they refer to it as "taking guard"....what exactly does it mean?

Answer 1

A batsman is adjudged to be LBW (leg before wicket) if the ball comes in contact with the body of the batsman (not necessarily leg) without first hitting the bat or hands that are gripping the bat, and the umpire believes the ball is going on to hit the stumps (the three wooden sticks behind the batsman). However there are special conditions for a batsman to be judged LBW. They are
1) The ball must be a legal delivery (not a no-ball)
2) If the ball pitches (lands) outside the leg stump, the batsman is adjudged not out (leg stump will be explained later)
3) If the ball pitches (lands) outside the off stump, the batsman is adguded to be not out if he is attempting a shot. If no shot is offered, he is out of the ball is believed to be going on to hit the stumps. (off stump will be explained later).

Taking Guard
There are three stumps behind the batsman comprising the wicket. These are the off stump (the stump closer to the bat when the batsman is in his stance), the middle stump, and the leg stump (the stump closest to the leg when the batsman is in his stance). Taking guard is the practice of lining up the stance with the stumps so that he will know where his stumps are when batting (helps his judgement). There are three types of guards
1) Middle: signalled as three by the batsman, where the batman lines up his bat with the middle stump in his stance
2) Middle and leg: signalled as two by the batsman, where the batsman lines up his bat with the space between the middle and leg stump in his stance
3) Leg: signalled as one by the batsman, where the batsman lines up his bat his bat with the leg stump in his stance.

When taking guard, the batsman ask the umpire with the proper lining of the bat, and then makes a mark to mark the guard.

Hope this was helpful !!!

Answer 2

If the batsman misses the ball with his bat, but intercepts it with part of his body when it would otherwise have hit the wicket, and provided several other conditions (described below) are satisfied. An umpire must adjudicate such a decision, and will only do so if the fielding team appeal the decision. This is a question asked of the umpire, usually of the form ``How's that?'' (or ``Howzat?''), and usually quite enthusiastic and loud. If the ball bounces outside an imaginary line drawn straight down the pitch from the outside edge of leg stump, then the batsman cannot be out LBW, no matter whether or not the ball would have hit the stumps. If the batsman attempts to play a shot at the ball with his bat (and misses) he may only be given out LBW if the ball strikes the batsman between imaginary lines drawn down the pitch from the outside edges of leg and off stumps (ie. directly in line with the wicket). If the batsman does not attempt to play the ball with his bat, then he may be given out LBW without satisfying this condition, as long as the umpire is convinced the ball would have hit the wicket. If the ball has hit the bat before the hitting the batsman, then he cannot be given out LBW.

Answer 3

You can memorize all the rule regarding lbw and still you won't be able to apply them correctly. Let the man wearing the white coat worry about the lbw rules. When a new batsman takes a guard, he is only asking the umpire to let him mark the trajectory of a delivery. In other words he wants to mark the off stump, middle or the leg stump. If he is blocking the leg stump and the ball hits his pad he might get in trouble with the leg before wicket. One thing I like to tress is that the law of lbw is better understood on the field rather than from any rule book.

Answer 4

a way of dismissing the batsman. In brief, the batsman is out if, in the opinion of the umpire, the ball hits any part of the batsman's body (usually the leg) before hitting the bat and would have gone on to hit the stumps.

also visit::
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg_before_wicket

Answer 5

dear friend, according to the cricket rules if the ball is going to hit the middle stump and the batsman stops it from reaching the stump using his pad (when the ball hits below the three central lines on the pad) he is considered lbw.

Answer 6

bat

Answer 7

Leg Before Wicket , as the name itself indicates,
When ur Leg is before the Wickets and the is going to hit the stumps but, instead it touched ur leg.
itz not ur mistake .....

Answer 8

don no srry