Why is it bowled and not LBW?
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LBW is only if the wickets are not hit.\nIf the ball goes beyond the wicket, then its LBW Leg Before Wicket. That means it hit the leg in line to hit the wicket!
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Sorry for the long answer but these are the entire rules according to the official MCC laws of cricket.  They are quite detailed.\n\n\nLBW\nLaw 36 (Leg before wicket)\n\n1. Out LBW\nThe striker is out LBW in the circumstances set out below.\n(a)The bowler delivers a ball, not being a No ball\n\nand (b) the ball, if it is not intercepted full pitch, pitches in line between wicket and wicket or on the off side of the striker's wicket\n\nand (c) the ball not having previously touched his bat, the striker intercepts the ball, either full pitch or after pitching, with any part of his person\n\nand (d) the point of impact, even if above the level of the bails\neither (i) is between wicket and wicket\nor (ii) is either between wicket and wicket or outside the line of the off stump, if the striker has made no genuine attempt to play the ball with his bat\n\nand (e) but for the interception, the ball would have hit the wicket.\n\n2. Interception of the ball\n(a) In assessing points (c), (d) and (e) in 1 above, only the first interception is to be considered.\n\n(b) In assessing point (e) in 1 above, it is to be assumed that the path of the ball before interception would have continued after interception, irrespective of whether the ball might have pitched subsequently or not.\n\n3. Off side of wicket\nThe off side of the striker's wicket shall be determined by the striker's stance at the moment the ball comes into play for that delivery.\n\n\nNO BALL\nLaw 24 (No ball)\n1. Mode of delivery\n(a) The umpire shall ascertain whether the bowler intends to bowl right handed or left handed, over or round the wicket, and shall so inform the striker.\nIt is unfair if the bowler fails to notify the umpire of a change in his mode of delivery. In this case the umpire shall call and signal No ball.\n\n(b) Underarm bowling shall not be permitted except by special agreement before the match.\n\n2. Fair delivery - the arm\nFor a delivery to be fair in respect of the arm the ball must not be thrown. See 3 below.\nAlthough it is the primary responsibility of the striker's end umpire to ensure the fairness of a delivery in this respect, there is nothing in this Law to debar the bowler's end umpire from calling and signalling No ball if he considers that the ball has been thrown.\n(a) If, in the opinion of either umpire, the ball has been thrown, he shall\n(i) call and signal No ball.\n(ii) caution the bowler, when the ball is dead. This caution shall apply throughout the innings.\n(iii) inform the other umpire, the batsmen at the wicket, the captain of the fielding side and, as soon as practicable, the captain of the batting side of what has occurred.\n\n(b) If either umpire considers that after such caution a further delivery by the same bowler in that innings is thrown, the umpire concerned shall repeat the procedure set out in (a) above, indicating to the bowler that this is a final warning. This warning shall also apply throughout the innings.\n\n(c) If either umpire considers that a further delivery by the same bowler in that innings is thrown,\n(i) the umpire concerned shall call and signal No ball. When the ball is dead he shall inform the other umpire, the batsmen at the wicket and, as soon as practicable, the captain of the batting side of what has occurred.\n(ii) the umpire at the bowler's end shall direct the captain of the fielding side to take the bowler off forthwith. The over shall be completed by another bowler, who shall neither have bowled the previous over nor be allowed to bowl the next over. \nThe bowler thus taken off shall not bowl again in that innings.\n(iii) the umpires together shall report the occurrence as soon as possible to the Executive of the fielding side and any Governing Body responsible for the match, who shall take such action as is considered appropriate against the captain and bowler concerned.\n\n3. Definition of fair delivery - the arm\nA ball is fairly delivered in respect of the arm if, o
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Nowadays, cricket is becoming a lousy sport. Now people don't think of cricket of a sport, but as if it is a religion which can be named as 'Cricketism' . It is not played like a proper game like football where the manager of a team should choose the players very carefully so that the team wins. But now politics is an important thing going on in cricket. And I think that my country, India, is causing such a problem like the harrassment of former captain Sourav Ganguly. They can keep a pitch which the home team loves so that the away team loses. So the home team wins just like that and get points from ICC which is the International Cricket Council. It is not like football where anything can happen and the pitch of the stadium is just like any other grass pitch of a football game. So the game can't be predictable. Who plays the game better wins. But in cricket, the home team plays in its strength and the away team plays in its weakness. You may also see that though Bangladesh loses to Australia in home, they play better than they play in Australia. But you see in football. Anything can happen. See, Barcelona has defeated AC Milan in an away game but drew in a home game or it can happen as Arsenal has defeated Villareal at Highbury but has drew at Villareal's stadium. Even my Physical Education teacher says that cricket is a lousy game these days. Only 20 countries play cricket. But , games like football and tennis are popular in almost all the countries. Cricket is not a sport in the Olympics. These are the side effects of cricket. So, whenever says to me what is your favourite sport, I say football instead of cricket. And you see, its just a waste of time. Can you believe it, for five days the same match is going to be played. And that is not a delay. How funny.
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Swinging of cricket ball has so many reasons and weather plays a very big roll.\nFirst is how efficiently the ball can be held by the bowler.\nsecond is what is direction of wind flowing at the time of bowling. as the wind direction changes every hour approximately and the wind direction at 9 am will be different as compared to direction at 10 am.\nand so on.\nIt the Bowler who takes advantages of the weather is always a successful.
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Sunny's answer is pretty funny.. I think cricket needs some brains but football needs only strength just like rugby.. Those people who love cricket are very loyal to that game because it is simply amazing. It's still being introduced to other parts of the world.. Cricket is the best game ever.. World is now slowly moving into cricket.. No wonder why.
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Possibly, looks like they're redone right before the games start--\nOU KNOW WHAT THE MOST difficult part about bowling can be? Success doesn't always have anything to do with you, the ball, or the pins. If we could bowl in a vacuum, life would be easy--but bowling is a matter of constantly adjusting to new conditions, equipment, and game situations. You might think that it's only the touring pros who are constantly dealing with new oil conditions from week to week. But think about your own center, whether you've been playing on it for one season or 20. Has it played the same way, week after week, season after season? If it has, you're bowling in the most unique center on the planet.
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Bowlers capture the win and Batsman secure it. It's a team game. The best bowlers would CRUSH the best batsman. I've already got it planned out. Imagine Hayden having to bowl to Muralitharan. Muralitharan is an aggressive batsman. He'd crush him. Basically, bowling is the key to a successful team and the batsman are the ones to secure the match.
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England has a good bowling line up, but they don't have a good batting line up. If they can find the balance then they will be unbeatable at the World Cup
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Well, Murali bowled his leg-breaks in the ODI in Australia when Hair started no-balling him. It was Ranatunga's idea and it was a wonderful one. hair, the evergreen assshole, wasn't even looking at what Murali was bowling. He no-balled Murali bowling a leg-break delivery!  If it wasn't for that stupid act of Hair, ICC would have dealt with Murali a bit differently.
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Fast bowlers because there tends to be more of them in a team and more playing around the world.\n\nHowever, if a spinner is good enough then they tend to be picked anyway i.e Muralitharan or Warne.\n\nIts all down to skill and ability as well as how many people are coming through the ranks for different countries that bowl either spin, swing or fast.
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There are three stumps- middle, off, and leg. had there been more we would have run out of words to describe the fourth one!!!\nthe three are there most probably for the lbw.
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I agree with you. I cannot believe bowling is not in the sports category. Especially since Darts is in the sports section (which dosen't make any sense). Darts is not a sport. All you people that are complaining that bowling isn't a sport (which it isn't) should also complain about Darts being in the sports section. Bowling is far more popular than Darts will ever be and is much more challenging. \n\nAlthough I disagree with bowling being considered a sport I do believe it should be included in the sports section since apparently Darts is (Yahoo! is stupid sometimes).  Mark my Words, Yahoo! either will get rid of Darts in the sports section or add bowling in the near future. If they don't they are stupid.
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The truth is the current England team is crap. The public doesn't realise it because the British media would like to make them believe otherwise. \nJust wait till the ashes begin in 2 weeks to see more feeble excuses from the press! (and also from the team itself)
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I absolutely agree with you! Softball is harder than baesball sometimes!!!!  I have no idea why it isn't considered a sport, because it's not at my school.  Someone needs to write a letter!  lol
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Jason Gillespie is currently playing for South Australia. In a match a couple of days ago against Victoria, he could just pick up one wicket in two innings. South Australia lost the 4-day match.\n\nHe definitely is struggling with his bowling.\n\nGillespie, however himself has urged the selectors to pick a young fast bowler - either Tait or Johnson for the first Ashes test at the Gabba. He himself isn't certain that he would be picked for the first test.\n\nInterestingly, Gillespie would not find a place in the team after he scored a double century in his last test. (Vs. Bangladesh, Chittagong, April 2006). I don't recall any instance of a player being dropped after scoring a double century. Maybe that would be a first. \n\nOr maybe pick him into the team as a specialist batsman or a specialist nightwatchman.\n\nHowever, Jason Gillespie will lead the Australian Prime Minister's XI team in England's opening Ashes tour match in Canberra on November 10.
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Loss in Champions Trophy can be attributed to the simple reason: Did not function as a team. Bowling, batting and fielding were not upto the mark. The commitment was missing. What Greg is doing I fail to understand.
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Cricket 168 all out against South Africa, second one day. \n Regarding Foot ball I do not know.