if ball falls exactly on the rope, according to the rule, what should it be considered ??

Answer 1

It is not entirely clear and would depend on the individual ground.

Law 19 says the ball must pitch 'beyond the boundary' for it to be regarded as a six.

If the boundary is a rope, the boundary edge is defined as the inside of the rope - so if it hit the outside edge it would be up to the umpire to decide it has fallen 'beyond the boundary'.

Answer 2

It would be considered a six. Remember the India England sixth ODI when Mascarenhas hit the ball high up in the air, the ball was caught by the fielder but he rolled on to the rope. The empire declared it as a six.
This is funny though becoz, if the fielder had left the ball drop to the ground it would be a four (not even a four if he stopped it).
It can be analogus to a fielder catching the ball and touching the rope at the same time.
Allthough the rule is ridiculous and funny but yet it is a rule.
Another twist to this tale is, if an Indian or a subcontinent player had hit the ball in place of Mascarenhas, it would have been anything but a six.

Answer 3

According to the rule,if a fielder stop the ball or catch the ball and his body touches the rope it will consider as four or six.So,if a ball falls exactly on the rope,according to the rule,it should be consider as SIX.

Answer 4

If ball falls exactly on the ropes then it is considered as FOUR.
The rule for declaring FOUR is that ...The ball should touch the ropes. At the same time The shot played by the batsman is declared as a SIX when ball is first bounce across the ropes.

Ball on the ropes..does mean that first condition is fullfilled but it has not crossed the ropes.

Answer 5

If the batsman has previously stated his intention of hitting it to land on the rope then it should be a 20! If not, then its a 4. It needs to be beyond the boundary to be a six. However, there is the precedence of claiming a catch with a foot on the rope and it being ruled as not only not-out but also a six; So maybe it would be a six strictly under law.

Answer 6

First of all I would like to thank you for asking such an interesting question. I feel sorry for the people who think it is stupid, why even answer it if you think the question is stupid.

So we need to figure out whether the rope constitutes the boundary or not.

You might have asked this question because in tennis a ball on the boundary/line is considered inside but its the opposite in cricket.

For example in cricket as a batsman if your feet is on the crease you are deemed out stumped - out of boundary- feet on the line.

Also, as you know if the ball is rolling towards the boundary and stops inside the ground after hitting he rope, it's still considered a boundary- 4 runs. So if the ball hits the rope it is a 6. Hence, if the ball directly hits the rope it is in fact a boundary.

According to the lords MCC laws of cricket

"
3. Scoring a boundary
(a) A boundary shall be scored and signalled by the umpire at the bowler’s end whenever, while the ball is in play, in his opinion
(i) the ball touches the boundary, or is grounded beyond the boundary.
"

Also to add if you move the rope, the boundary changes to the position of the rope. Hope my answer was helpful...

Answer 7

If the ball falls on the rope and then rolls to boundary, it will be considered as four. If the ball falls on the rope and either collected by the fielder before it crosses over the rope or the ball rolls back to the field after falling in the rope, batsman will only gets the runs he has scored by running between the wicket.

Answer 8

If the ball falls exactly on the rope it is considered a Six since the rope is considered the boundary.

Answer 9

The ball has to clear the rope if it has to be considered as Six. Hence if the ball falls exactly on the rope, it is a sixer. The rule is similar to that for a no ball or for runout.

Answer 10

I remember the incident hotsurfie87. Dion Nash played a paddle shot down to the fine leg boundary against South Africa in the Carlton and United Series of 97/98 which landed on the rope. It was given as four and he holed out to Lance Klusener at deep mid-wicket next ball, NZ losing by 2. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/65/65154.html

Since then the ICC have changed the rule and under the new law, that would be six.