Cricket Rules - Post 2 of 473

Once again, from our friends at the Beeb

Ten ways of getting out

There are ten ways a batsman can be out, five are very common and five very rare.
More often than not a batsman will be caught (fly out), bowled (strike out), given leg before wicket (lbw), run out (force out or tagged out) or stumped.
The five other ways to lose your wicket range from the uncommon to the almost unseen.
The uncommon methods, but not unheard of, are 'hit wicket' - when a batsman removes his or her own bails - and 'handled the ball' - when he handles the ball without permission from the fielding side.
The almost unseen are 'double hit' - deliberately hitting the ball twice, 'obstructing the field' - preventing fielders from executing a run out and 'timed out', which is when a new batsman takes too long to appear on the field.
It's worth knowing however that for the batsman to be given out, the fielding team have to appeal to the umpire by asking "how's that?"

Next time - tampering with the game ball. Unlike baseball, where they use like 400 balls in a game, a cricket ball can only be replaced after 80 overs (480 balls), so tampering with it to make it swing can be really useful, and just as illegal.