5 most confusing rules in cricket

#4 The LBW decision

This rule must be one of the the most debated ones in the history of the game.

Even for a regular cricket follower, it is still sometimes a mystery why a particular batsman is not given out for a delivery that seems sure to hit the stumps.

In the earlier years of the sport, the wicket was awarded only when the ball pitched on the stumps and hit in line with the stumps. The ruling of allowing the balls pitching outside off-stump and coming in to hit the batsman in line with the stumps came later.

A right-handed bowler has to be impeccable in his line to get an lbw decision in his favour against a left-handed batsman while bowling over the wicket, which is the more preferred mode of operation for many bowlers.

Then there’s an issue with the marginal calls, which rest in the hands of the umpire. If more than half the ball lands outside the line of stumps, it’s deemed not out, and so is the case with impact in front of the wicket.

Add to that the close scrutiny of the decisions with the help of technology, and it’s definitely not the best rule to start explaining to someone who's new to the game.