A standard cricket over contains six legal deliveries, but wides and no balls can force a bowler to deliver additional balls. Repeated illegal deliveries can increase the batting team’s score and turn a routine over into a costly spell. Bert Vance bowled the famous 22 ball over for Wellington against Canterbury in 1990, conceding 77 […]

A dot ball in cricket is a delivery from which the batting team scores no runs. Scorers usually mark it with a dot in the scorebook, which is how the term gets its name. A batter might defend the ball, miss it, or play a shot straight to a fielder without attempting a run. Dot […]

A no ball in cricket is an illegal delivery that breaks one or more bowling or fielding rules. The umpire signals it by extending one arm horizontally. Under the standard Laws of Cricket, the batting team receives one penalty run, and the delivery does not count as one of the six valid balls in an […]

Six hitting is one of the most exciting aspects of cricket. While some batters rely on timing and placement, others use power to clear the boundary with ease. The greatest six hitters combine these skills with consistency, adaptability and the ability to perform against different bowling attacks. Rohit Sharma holds the record for the most […]