Question

Name and explain the term:

A bowler bowls a legal ball. It would have hit the stumps if the batsman’s leg would not have come in the way of the delivery.

Answer 1

Leg before wicket: A batsman may be given out if any part of his body, clothing, or equipment stops the ball from hitting the stumps, provided the ball has pitched, or would have pitched, in line between the wickets,even if it would have passed above the bails.