Why don't you get runs made before the ball reaches the boundary rope, like you do when there are overthrows?

Question

Picture these two scenarios:

1. Batsman hits the ball towards boundary, fielder attempts to stop ball, fumbles it, and the ball goes over the rope. Before the ball reached the fielder, the batsmen have already completed one run and are returning for the second.

The batsmen will be awarded 4 runs.

2. Batsman hits the ball towards boundary. The fielder collects and throws back to wicketkeeper. The batsmen have a single at this point. The throw from the fielder is bad, and misses the wicket keeper and goes to the boundary for four.

In this occasion, the batsman will be awarded 5 runs.

Why in the second scenario do runs run by the batsmen before the ball reaches the boundary count towards the total, while in the first scenario they don't.

Surely both situations are technically a misfield (although admitedly one is more obviously than the other).

Does this mean at some point eh Umpire makes an objective call between a 'misfield' and a 'fumble'?

What do the cricket laws state?

Answer 1

This is a very interesting question. However, unfortunately this point has not been taken care of in the rules of cricket. According to rules of cricket once the batsman hits the balls and if the ball crosses the boundary, 4 runs is awarded to the batsman and the runs made by him by running before the ball crosses over the boundary is not added to his account, whereas the runs resulted due to overthrows are added to the runs made by him by runningbetween the wickets..

Answer 2

According to the law of cricket,once the batsman hits the ball towards boundary,there is a certainty that the ball will reach towards the boundary.so the batsmen is awarded 4 runs.whereas in the other situation,this a two way step.first the batsmen hits the ball then it is stopped by the fielder.Till that time suppose the batsman has scored 2 runs.again when the ball is stopped and throwed by the fielder ,we can take it as a second shot.that is the reason why the batsmen gets 6runs.This is the law in cricket rules.

Answer 3

According to cricket rules, when a batsman hits a ball and it crosses the boundry line,even if the batsman had taken runs, it will be four runs. But in a overthrow, the ball gets to the boundry after he has thrown it at the wicket so it is given a boundry plus the runs they had taken before the overthrow.

Answer 4

particular I comply with that.It does not make too plenty experience to me if ball isn't touching boundary and nevertheless in simple terms as a results of fact your physique is touching ball and boundary at comparable time it is a 4 or six. i'm going to like ball to the touch the rope, no longer stay with the aid of!!

Answer 5

hey man..........firstly i would tell you that rule is a rule but the overthrow is because of the mistake of the fielder and the runs then scored are a penalty for the mistake