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SUBSTITUTES
AND RUNNERS;
BATSMAN OR FIELDER LEAVING THE FIELD;
BATSMAN RETIRING;
BATSMAN COMMENCING INNINGS
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1.
Substitutes and runners
2.
Objection to substitutes
3.
Restrictions on the role of substitutes
4.
A player for whom a substitute has acted
5.
Fielder absent or leaving the field
6.
Player returning without permission
7.
Runner
8.
Transgression of the Laws by a batsman who has a runner
9.
Batsman leaving the field or retiring
10.
Commencement of a batsman’s innings
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1.
Substitutes and runners
(a) If the umpires
are satisfied that a player has been injured or become ill after
the nomination of the
players, they shall allow that player to have
(i) a substitute acting
instead of him in the field.
(ii) a runner when
batting.
Any injury or illness
that occurs at any time after the nomination of the players
until the conclusion
of the match shall be allowable, irrespective of whether play
is in progress or not.
(b) The umpires shall
have discretion, for other wholly acceptable reasons, to
allow a substitute
for a fielder, or a runner for a batsman, at the start of the
match
or at any subsequent
time.
(c) A player wishing
to change his shirt, boots, etc. must leave the field to do so.
No substitute shall
be allowed for him.
2.
Objection to substitutes
The opposing captain
shall have no right of objection to any player acting as a
substitute on the field,
nor as to where the substitute shall field. However, no
substitute shall act
as wicket-keeper. See 3 below.
3.
Restrictions on the role of substitutes
A substitute shall
not be allowed to bat or bowl nor to act as wicket-keeper or as
captain on the field
of play.
4.
A player for whom a substitute has acted
A player is allowed
to bat, bowl or field even though a substitute has previously
acted for him.
5.
Fielder absent or leaving the field
If a fielder fails
to take the field with his side at the start of the match or at
any
later time, or leaves
the field during a session of play,
(a) the umpire shall
be informed of the reason for his absence.
(b) he shall not thereafter
come on to the field during a session of play without the
consent of the umpire.
See 6 below. The umpire shall give such consent as soon
as is practicable.
(c) if he is absent
for 15 minutes or longer, he shall not be permitted to bowl
thereafter, subject
to (i), (ii) or (iii) below, until he has been on the field for
at
least that length of
playing time for which he was absent.
(i) Absence or penalty
for time absent shall not be carried over into a new
day’s play.
(ii) If, in the case
of a follow-on or forfeiture, a side fields for two
consecutive innings,
this restriction shall, subject to (i) above, continue
as necessary into the
second innings but shall not otherwise be carried
over into a new innings.
(iii) The time lost
for an unscheduled break in play shall be counted as time
on the field
for any fielder who comes on to the field at the resumption
of play. See
Law 15.1 (An interval).
6.
Player returning without permission
If a player comes on
to the field of play in contravention of 5(b) above and comes
into contact with the
ball while it is in play
(i) the ball shall
immediately become dead and the umpire shall award 5
penalty runs to the
batting side. See Law 42.17 (Penalty runs).
(ii) the umpire shall
inform the other umpire, the captain of the fielding
side, the batsmen and,
as soon as practicable, the captain of the batting
side of the reason
for this action.
(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 player concerned.
7.
Runner
The player acting as
a runner for a batsman shall be a member of the batting side
and shall, if possible,
have already batted in that innings. The runner shall wear
external protective
equipment equivalent to that worn by the batsman for whom he
runs and shall carry
a bat.
8.
Transgression of the Laws by a batsman who has a runner
(a) A batsman’s
runner is subject to the Laws. He will be regarded as a batsman
except where there
are specific provisions for his role as a runner. See 7 above
and Law 29.2 (Which
is a batsman’s ground).
(b) A batsman with
a runner will suffer the penalty for any infringement of the
Laws by his runner
as though he had been himself responsible for the
infringement. In particular
he will be out if his runner is out under any of Laws 33
(Handled the ball),
37 (Obstructing the field) or 38 (Run out).
(c) When a batsman
with a runner is striker he remains himself subject to the
Laws and will be liable
to the penalties that any infringement of them demands.
Additionally, if he
is out of his ground when the wicket is put down at the wicket-keeper’s
end, he will be out
in the circumstances of Law 38 (Run out) or Law 39
(Stumped) irrespective
of the position of the non-striker or of the runner. If he is
thus dismissed, runs
completed by the runner and the other batsman before the
dismissal shall not
be scored. However, the penalty for a No ball or a Wide shall
stand, together with
any penalties to either side that may be awarded when the ball
is dead. See Law 42.17
(Penalty runs).
(d) When a batsman
with a runner is not the striker
(i) he remains subject
to Laws 33 (Handled the ball) and 37 (Obstructing
the field) but is otherwise
out of the game.
(ii) he shall stand
where directed by the striker’s end umpire so as not to
interfere with play.
(iii) he will be liable,
notwithstanding (i) above, to the penalty demanded
by the Laws should
he commit any act of unfair play.
9.
Batsman leaving the field or retiring
A batsman may retire
at any time during his innings. The umpires, before
allowing play to proceed,
shall be informed of the reason for a batsman retiring.
(a) If a batsman retires
because of illness, injury or any other unavoidable cause,
he is entitled to resume
his innings subject to (c) below. If for any reason he does
not do so, his innings
is to be recorded as ‘Retired – not out’.
(b) If a batsman retires
for any reason other than as in (a) above, he may only
resume his innings
with the consent of the opposing captain. If for any reason he
does not resume his
innings it is to be recorded as ‘Retired – out’.
(c) If after retiring
a batsman resumes his innings, it shall be only at the fall of
a
wicket or the retirement
of another batsman.
10.
Commencement of a batsman’s innings
Except at the start
of a side’s innings, a batsman shall be considered to have
commenced his innings
when he first steps on to the field of play, provided Time
has not been called.
The innings of the opening batsmen, and that of any new
batsman at the resumption
of play after a call of Time, shall commence at the call
of Play.
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