The Laws of cricket are available in a number of languages, alongside English. These are available to view and download below. These laws are produced in conjunction with the ICC International Cricket Council and the subjective nations of the translation - therefore their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. It concentrates on the teaching of Laws knowledge and can be accessed in two ways, both of which are free of charge.
This will enable your progress through the training modules to be tracked, so you can pick up where you left off. Learn More. The Code is the sixth of its kind written by MCC since , when it first drew up the MCC Code of Laws, with the others being published in , , and There are also two Test matches taking place from Thursday this week in which the majority of the new Laws will be adhered to, with Pakistan taking on Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi, and South Africa hosting Bangladesh in Potchefstroom.
The changes are being supported by a new state-of-the-art eLearning programme, which MCC has produced. Users can test their knowledge with a Basic and Intermediate exam — the first step on the way to becoming an umpire. The Laws are organised into a Preface, a Preamble, forty-two Laws, and four appendices. The Preamble is a new addition and is related to "the Spirit of the Game;" it was introduced to discourage the increasing practices of ungentlemanly conduct.
Eight amendments were made to the laws which dealt with bad light, the toss, spirit of cricket, practice sessions, fielding athleticism and rare dismissals on September 30, w. These amendments can be read here. In men's cricket the ball must weigh between 5.
A wicket consists of three stumps , upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the bails. Law 1: The players.
A cricket team consists of eleven players, including a captain. Outside of official competitions, teams can agree to play more than eleven-a-side, though no more than eleven players may field. Law 2: Substitutes. In cricket, a substitute may be brought on for an injured fielder. However, a substitute may not bat, bowl, keep wicket or act as captain.
The original player may return if he has recovered. A batsman who becomes unable to run may have a runner, who completes the runs while the batsman continues batting.
Alternatively, a batsman may retire hurt or ill, and may return later to resume his innings if he recovers. Law 3: The umpires. There are two umpires, who apply the Laws, make all necessary decisions, and relay the decisions to the scorers. While not required under the laws of cricket, in higher level cricket a third umpire located off the ground and available to assist the on-field umpires may be used under the specific playing conditions of a particular match or tournament.
Law 4: The scorers. There are two scorers who respond to the umpires' signals and keep the score. After dealing with the players, the laws move on to discuss equipment and pitch specifications, except for specifications about the wicket-keeper's gloves, which are dealt with in Law These laws are supplemented by Appendices A and B see below. Law 5: The ball. Only one ball is used at a time, unless it is lost, when it is replaced with a ball of similar wear.
It is also replaced at the start of each innings, and may, at the request of the fielding side, be replaced with a new ball, after a certain number of overs have been bowled 80 in Test matches, 34 in ODIs. The gradual degradation of the ball through the innings is an important aspect of the game. Law 6: The bat. The hand or glove holding the bat is considered part of the bat. Ever since the Heavy Metal incident, a highly publicized marketing attempt by Dennis Lillee , who brought out an aluminium bat during an international game, the laws have provided that the blade of the bat must be made of wood and in practice, they are made from White Willow wood.
Law 7: The pitch. The Ground Authority selects and prepares the pitch, but once the game has started, the umpires control what happens to the pitch. The umpires are also the arbiters of whether the pitch is fit for play, and if they deem it unfit, with the consent of both captains can change the pitch. Professional cricket is almost always played on a grass surface. Law 8: The wickets. The stumps are placed along the batting crease with equal distances between each stump.
Two wooden bails are placed on top of the stumps. There are also specified lengths for the barrel and spigots of the bail. There are different specifications for the wickets and bails for junior cricket. The umpires may dispense with the bails if conditions are unfit i. Further details on the specifications of the wickets are contained in Appendix A to the laws.
Law 9: Bowling, popping, and return creases. This law sets out the dimensions and locations of the creases. The bowling crease, which is the line the stumps are in the middle of, is drawn at each end of the pitch so that the three stumps in the set of stumps at that end of the pitch fall on it and consequently it is perpendicular to the imaginary line joining the centres of both middle stumps.
The popping crease, which determines whether a batsman is in his ground or not, and which is used in determining front-foot no balls see law 24 , is drawn at each end of the pitch in front of each of the two sets of stumps.
The return creases, which are the lines a bowler must be within when making a delivery, are drawn on each side of each set of the stumps, along each sides of the pitch so there are four return creases in all, one on either side of both sets of stumps.
Law Preparation and maintenance of the playing area. When a cricket ball is bowled it almost always bounces on the pitch, and the behaviour of the ball is greatly influenced by the condition of the pitch.
As a consequence, detailed rules on the management of the pitch are necessary. This law contains the rules governing how pitches should be prepared, mown, rolled, and maintained. Law Covering the pitch.
The pitch is said to be 'covered' when the groundsmen have placed covers on it to protect it against rain or dew. The laws stipulate that the regulations on covering the pitch shall be agreed by both captains in advance. The decision concerning whether to cover the pitch greatly affects how the ball will react to the pitch surface, as a ball bounces differently on wet ground as compared to dry ground.
Now, that act would be worth nine runs. Armstrong was always one for stretching or even breaking the rules. In the tour of England, he managed to bowl two overs in row one from each end during the Manchester Test. Those six rules, which could be written around the border of an admittedly oversized hanky, now run to more than pages.
Indeed, the Marylebone Cricket Club, which administers the laws, has published a page book called Tom Smith's Cricket Umpiring and Scoring to explain the rules in plain English. Taufel, who still sits on the MCC laws sub-committee, said the laws of cricket are "a work in progress". And yet the more things change, they more they stay the same. There's still a bowler, a batter, a sphere of leather, a lump of willow, and two sets of wickets 22 yards apart.
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. News Ticker Breaking news A US judge has ended the conservatorship that has controlled pop star Britney Spears's life and money since There's something comforting about the cricket. Something timeless. Key points: Cricket's first six laws were written in , and printed on a silk handkerchief In , that number became 55, introducing the boundary and the six into the rules for the first time Warwick Armstrong was the catalyst for many rule changes, including the still-confusing overthrows law.
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