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                          Laws of Cricket
 

Preamble 1 - 4 5 - 11 12 - 17 18 - 21 22 - 26 27 - 29 30 - 35 36 - 39 40 - 41 42

                                        
                                       

                            The 'Laws of Cricket' are grouped under classifications below:
                                   
Click' on appropriate button above for Law definitions 

 

                                         The Preamble – The Spirit of Cricket
 
 
       
         Laws 
   
   

         1 -   4             Players and Officials                   
         5 - 11             Field of Play                                 
       12 - 17             Game Structure                           
       18 - 21             Scoring Runs and Result            
       22 - 26             Ball Delivery                
      

 

         Laws 

          27 - 29             Dismissal Conditions
           30 - 35             Dismissal I
           36 - 39             Dismissal II
           40 - 41             Fielders
               42                 Fair and Unfair Play


  
                                                       Full listing of 'The Laws of Cricket'   

    

     Law   1    The players
     Law   2    Substitutes and runners;
                      batsman or fielder leaving the field;
                      batsman retiring; 
                      batsman commencing innings       
     Law   3     The umpires
     Law       The scorers
     Law   5     The ball   
     Law   6     The bat       
     Law   7     The pitch        
     Law   8     The wickets
     Law   9     The bowling, popping and return 
                       creases      
     Law 10     Preparation and maintenance
                       of the playing area             
     Law 11     Covering the pitch                     
     Law 12     Innings                        
     Law 13     The follow-on           
     Law 14     Declaration and forfeiture 
     Law 15     Intervals        
     Law 16     Start of play; cessation of play          
     Law 17     Practice on the field     
     Law 18     Scoring runs   
     Law 19     Boundaries     
     Law 20     Lost ball  

         
          Law 21     The result  
          Law 22     The over
          Law 23     Dead ball
          Law 24     No ball
          Law 25     Wide ball
          Law 26     Bye and Leg bye
          Law 27     Appeals
          Law 28     The wicket is down
          Law 29     Batsman out of his ground
          Law 30     Bowled
          Law 31     Timed out
          Law 32     Caught
          Law 33     Handled the ball
          Law 34     Hit the ball twice 
          Law 35     Hit wicket
          Law 36     Leg before wicket
          Law 37     Obstructing the field
          Law 38     Run out
          Law 39     Stumped
          Law 40     The wicket-keeper
          Law 41     The fielder
          Law 42     Fair and unfair play
 

              N.B.

              The players, umpires and scorers in a game of cricket may be of either gender
              and the Laws apply
equally to both.  The use, throughout the text, of pronouns
              indicating the male gender is purely for brevity.  Except where specifically stated
              otherwise, every provision of the Laws is to be read as applying to women and
              girls equally as to men and boys.

 

 

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  (2nd Edition - 2003)

 

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