does the cricket ball have to bounce to hit a wicket and get a batsman out?

Question

we play cricket at home and some people says it doesnt have to

Answer 1

First of all , the ball hits the "stumps" in order to gain one form of a "wicket"

And no the ball does not have to bounce first.

As long as it is below regulation height for a slow or fast bowler "no ball"

Answer 2

Although the rules of cricket do not state that the ball must bounce before reaching the popping crease, in reality it almost certainly must do to constitute a fair delivery. The exception to this is the delivery known as the Full Toss, although these are rarely bowled deliberately.

The laws are very precise about the way in which a ball must be bowled. A bowler is not allowed to bowl the ball underarm (except by special agreement, Law 24.1(a)) and is not permitted to throw the ball (Law 24.2).

Law 24.3 defines a fair delivery thus:
"A ball is fairly delivered in respect of the arm if, once the bowler's arm has reached the level of the shoulder in the delivery swing, the elbow joint is not straightened partially or completely from that point until the ball has left the hand. This definition shall not debar a bowler from flexing or rotating the wrist in the delivery swing."
If a bowler follows these guidelines, the ball will almost always bounce.

Much of Law 24 was added or amended following the infamous Bodyline tour of 1932-33. The Laws do now specifically prohibit bowling the ball with the intent of injuring a batsman.

Note as well that if the ball bounces more than once, or rolls along the ground, before reaching the popping crease, the umpire should call a No-ball (Law 24.6) and so the batsman cannot be given out bowled.

Answer 3

The ball does not have to bounce first to hit the stumps, as long as it is not called a waist high no ball first. The same goes for an LBW decision. If the ball struck the batsman on the full and looked to be going on to hit the stumps, a batsman could be given out. But a full toss is usually a bad ball and dispatched to the ropes. A yorker is a full pitched delivery that is bowled right into the area where a batsman puts his bat. This bounces before it hits the wicket. The best exponents of this were Waim Akram and Waqar Younis, who bowled an inswinging yorker aimed at bowling you, or breaking your foot.

Answer 4

No, not strictly speaking, BUT...a ball which doesnt bounce is deemed a "full-toss" and is simply classified as a badly bowled ball and is, 99.9% of the time, just a bad error by the bowler. Most decent batsmen are more than capable of easily thumping any full toss straight to the boundry, but of course if it happens to hit the wicket first, he's out.

Similarly, a ball released too early by a fast bowler which flies straight at the batsman's upper body or head without bouncing is known as a "beamer", and is also another complete error on the bowler's behalf (not the same thing as the legal "bouncer", which as its name suggests, bounces first before flying up at the batsman's body) A beamer is potentially very dangerous indeed and the bowler will always apologise afterwards.

Answer 5

No the ball doesnt have to bounce for the batsman to be given out after the ball has hit the wicket.

Answer 6

As long as the ball hits the wicket and removes the bails and is not deemed a No Ball then the Batsman is out.
See balls like A full Toss or a Yorker.

Answer 7

It is out if it hits the wicket with the ball bouncing before or hitting it full toss.

Answer 8

not needed. The ball can directly hit the wicket (full toss) and can get the batsman out
http://www.cricket.indhp.net

Answer 9

no. if the ball hits the wicket without bouncing it is called a full toss.

Answer 10

No. is the simple answer. The infamous ashes test series in 1932-33 was known as the "body line" series where the England bowlers,notably Harold Larwood, were bowling the ball straight to the midriff (and higher) of the Australian batsmen causing much controversy (sporting and political), despite playing within the rules (if not the spirit) of the game.