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Can anybody tell me what is the exact rule for a batsman getting Timed Out, in Cricket? I have heard about this rule recently. Please also provide me with an example, if there is any. Thanks...
Timed out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It occurs when an incoming batsman is not ready to play within three minutes of the previous batsman being out. It is very rare to be out in such a fashion, and has never occurred in any international match. Law 31 of the Laws of cricket provides that an incoming batsman must be in position to take guard or for his partner to be ready to receive the next ball within three minutes of the fall of the previous wicket. If this requirement is not met, the incoming batsman will be given out, timed out, on appeal. The incoming batsman may be any batsman who has not yet batted. There is no prescribed batting order in cricket. If no batsman has set foot on the field when the appeal is made, the batting captain may pick any player who has not yet batted as the one to be given out. If there is protracted delay in which no batsman comes to the wicket so that the umpires consider that the batting team is refusing to play, the umpires will award the match to the other team. If, however, no player comes to the wicket because all eligible players are unable to bat e.g. through injury or illness then they are not given out timed out instead the innings is declared closed and absent ill/injured/hurt/dead is noted next to those players names as appropriate. A new shortened version of cricket, Twenty20 cricket, stipulates that a batsman must be on the field within 90 seconds, rather than the three minutes specified in the Laws, although the batsman is not automatically out in this instance the bowler is allowed to bowl the ball without the batsman there in an attempt to bowl him out.
Time Out Rule In Cricket
