Some weird and uncommon cricket rules

Umpire Asad Rauf signals dead ball

Dead Ball – II

This is another rather strange to digest rule. Suppose 1-2 runs are needed off the last ball of a match. The batsman on strike hits the ball directed for a boundary. But they complete the first run before the ball crosses the boundary. In this case, only a solitary run will be awarded to the batsman and not a boundary even if the ball eventually crosses the ropes.