Introduction
In the game of cricket the umpires communicate their decisions to players, spectators and scorers using hand signals. In today's lesson we will look on those different hand signals and their meaning.
Task
at the end of the lesson students should be able to:
1. Identify the different hand signals that are in the game of cricket
2. Give the meaning for each hand signal used by the umpire in the game.
Process
Task 1
Identify the different hand signals that are in the game of cricket
Task 2
Give the meaning for each hand signal used by the umpire in the game.
Please transfer the information into your notebooks.
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Right arm outstretched. No-ball. This signal indicates that the bowler’s foot has landed over the front line of the bowling crease and the delivery is deemed a no-ball.
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Both arms outstretched. Wide. This signal shows that the ball was out of reach of the batsman or woman and has been adjudged a wide. One run goes onto the batting team’s extras score, and the ball must be re-bowled.
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Right leg raised and clasped by the right hand. Leg byes. This sign indicates that the ball hit the pads of the batsman or woman, not the bat, and that the runs completed are adjudged to be leg byes. These runs are not credited to the individual player’s score but to the team’s, as extras.
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Right arm raised skywards. Byes. This shows that the ball has been missed by both the batsman or woman and the wicket-keeper. Any runs scored are deemed to be byes. Byes, like leg byes, are counted as extras.
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Right hand and arm swept across the body. Four runs. This signal signifies that the ball has been hit all the way to the boundary. The ball has bounced on its way to the boundary and four runs have been scored.
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Both arms held above the head and index fingers outstretched. Six runs. The ball has been hit over the boundary, without the ball bouncing. Six runs are awarded for this fab feat.
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Index finger raised towards the batsman or woman. Out. The umpire has given the batsman or woman out and they have to leave the crease and take the long, lonely walk back to the pavilion.
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Right arm held at out horizontally then flexed back to touch the shoulder. Short run. One of the batsmen or women has failed to touch their bat down beyond the front line of the bowling crease when going for a run. This is deemed a short run and the scorer is being told to take that run off the score.
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The umpire at the bowler's end signals to the scorers that a new ball has been taken by holding the ball above their head.
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If the ball is no longer considered in play it is a dead ball. An umpire will signal this by crossing and uncrossing their wrists below their waist with the call Dead Ball
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If the umpire makes an incorrect signal, they may revoke it. To do so, they cross their arms across their chest, then makes the corrected signal.
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For extreme misconduct by one team, the umpire may award five penalty runs to the other team. Placing one arm on the opposite shoulder indicates that the penalty runs are awarded to the fielding team, but if the umpire taps that shoulder, the penalties are awarded to the batting team.
Evaluation
Activity
1. describe the signal that is used by the umpire when a batsman is given out leg before wicked.
2. when a bowler delivers a legal delivery and it is hit by the batsman for four runs, describe the hand signal that the umpire would use in this case.
3. which had signal would be used by the umpire to communicate to spectators that there is a new ball?
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The signal used in the picture above by the umpire would signify that the batsman has _________________________
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when this signal is used by an umpire, he is saying that a _______ is going to be used.