Laws

Browse Laws

• 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 4 (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)
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Appendix E (The Bat)