Does a no-ball count in the batsman's tally?

Let's get to know about the no-ball before we answer this question.

What is a No-Ball?

A no-ball is a delivery which doesnot count as one of the bowler's six legitimate balls in one over. The fielding team are penalised one run every time a no-ball is bowled, which is added to the extras tally of the batting team and eventually to the total runs scored by the batting side. The extra run will also be added to the bowler's overall figures.

The umpire will call a no ball by raising an arm at shoulder height and the fielding team must bowl another legitimate delivery. A batsman cannot be dismissed off a no ball, expect if the batsman is run out.

Different types of No-Ball

The umpire will call a no-ball if:

• The heel of the bowler's front foot lands on or in front of the popping crease .

• The bowler's back foot is touching or outside the return crease.

• A full toss, a ball which does not bounce, from a seam bowler reaches the batsman at waist height. However, a waist-high full toss is permissable from a slower bowler, as long as it does not go above the batsman's shoulder. If it does, then the umpire will call a no-ball.

• The bowler does not notifies the umpire of a change in their mode of delivery. So if a player says they are a right-arm bowler to the umpire and then bowls left-arm, the umpire will call a no ball.

• The umpire believes the bowler is throwing the ball.

• The bowler throws the ball to the striker's end before entering their delivery stride.

• If the ball bounces more than twice before it reaches the batsman, or rolls along the ground towards him.

• The ball stops in front of the batsman without having touched the bat.

• If the wicketkeeper encroaches beyond the stumps before the ball had been struck by the batsman or has passed the stumps.

• If the minimum number of players that are supposed to be inside the 30-yard circle is not present.

• The umpire deems the bowler to be bowling dangerously and unfairly.

Does the no-ball counts in a batsman's tally?

The run awarded for a no ball is not assigned to the individual score of the batsman but is added to the team's total, but the ball is added to batsman tally of number of balls faced. Any runs scored of the no-ball, whether by running or scoring a boundary is added to the individual score of the batsman.

The ball after the no-ball is called a free-hit and the batsman cannot be declared out during the free hit, except being run out and the runs scored of a free-hit is also summed to the individual score of the batsman.