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Explain the following term in cricket:
Overthrow
Briefly explain the following:
An over-throw
Explain the term overthrow.
Explain
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- It is an extra run scored by a batsman as a result of the ball not being collected by a fielder near the pitch area and the ball continues into the outfield again, the batsman may take more runs.
- If the ball reaches the boundary on an overthrow, four runs are scored in addition to the runs taken before the overthrow occurred.
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