Neither umpire shall give a batsman out, even though he may be out under the Laws, unless appealed to by the fielding side. This shall not debare a batsman who is out under any of the Laws from leaving his wicket without an appeal having been made. A batsman is dismissed if either he is given out by an umpire, on appeal or he is out under any of the Laws and leaves his wicket.

Several methods of being out occur when the wicket is put down. The wicket is put down if a bail is completely removed from the top of the stumps, or a stump is struck out of the ground.

The batsmen can be run out or stumped if they are out of their ground. A batsman shall be considered to be out of his ground unless his bat or some part of his person is grounded behind the popping crease at that end. If both batsman are in the middle of the pitch when a wicket is put down, the batsman closer to that end is out.






The wicket-keeper in cricket is the fielding player who stands behind the batsman on strike at the wicket. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The wicket-keeper's major function is to stop deliveries that pass the batsman (in order to prevent runs being scored), but often he can also attempt to dismiss the batsman in various ways.

Fielding in the sport of cricket is what fielders do to collect the ball when it is struck by the batsman, in such a way as to either limit the number of runs that the batsman scores or get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or running the batsman out. A fielder may field the ball with any part of his person but if, while the ball is in play he wilfully fields it otherwise, the ball shall become dead and 5 penalty runs shall be awarded to the batting side.






This law makes clear that the captains of the two teams have the responsibility for ensuring that play is conducted within the spirit and traditions of the game as well as within the Laws. This leads on to a statement that the umpires are the sole judges of fair and unfair play. It is unfair for any member of the fielding side deliberately to attempt to distract the striker while he is preparing to receive or receiving a delivery.