

However, if you are passionate about this game, you need to know the basic cricket rules and regulations first.Ĭricket originated in England and is now played in almost all major countries. He managed this infamous feat by bowling five consecutive wides and then getting smashed for a six over mid wicket.Cricket is one of the most wonderful games of skill, tactics, and athletics globally, with millions of fans from many countries, especially India. Yorkshire pacer Ryan Sidebottom conceded 11 runs off one ball in 2003 against Glamorgan, but in his defence, he had been just returning from injury he retired hurt after this debacle(assumably in body and spirit), finishing the day with figures of 0.1-0-11-0. F.G.B. Ponsonby who ran all of his nine runs for the MCC against Cambridge University in 1842. All of these had come about by way of overthrows, with the exception of the Hon. In recorded reality, there are a handful instances of ten and nine runs being taken off a single legal delivery in the history of English first class cricket in the earliest years of the sport. With the added fact to boot that this incident was said to have taken place in Australia when there had been no local reports in that country, this story can be categorised safely as a myth. There is one gaping hole in this story – there is no explanation as to why nobody thought of catching the ball when it was falling from the branch.
