Substitutes and runners

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There are two types of substitute players in the sport of cricket , substitutes and runners , whose rights and duties are set out in Laws 24 and 25 of the Laws of Cricket .

Substitutes

A substitute (substitute) may be used for a field player who, after being nominated by his captain, has been injured or has become ill. The substitute does not have to have been nominated beforehand. There are no substitutes for batsmen.

The substitute can only be used as a normal field player, so he is not allowed to bowl , be a wicket keeper or act as a captain. The field player who was originally replaced can come back and take over all these roles himself.

Supersub

In 2005 the International Cricket Council for One-Day Internationals introduced a new experimental rule that allowed teams to make at most one tactical substitution, as known from football. This substitute had to be nominated before the game and was then considered a full player who was allowed to play as a normal batsman in the corresponding innings .

But this rule was very unpopular with players, fans and commentators from the beginning, among other things because it gives the winner of the toss , who has the right to decide who hits first, an additional advantage, but ultimately because it is simply a for Cricket is alien concept. In the spring of 2006 this rule was discontinued.

Runner

A runner is a player who takes over running between the hitting lines for a batsman who is disabled by an injury. In a sense, those two people are then two parts of a player.

However, if the batsman is so badly injured that he cannot even hit, there is no substitute for him. This is somewhat mitigated by the fact that, firstly, there is no fixed batting order and, secondly, a batsman who has already been used, who had to give up due to injury, may later resume his innings if another batsman is eliminated or gives up.

Requirements for using a runner are:

  • The batsman's injury must have occurred after the players were nominated.
  • The runner must be among the eleven nominated players.
  • He must already have served as a batsman in the running innings , if this is possible.
  • He must be equipped with a bat and wear the same external protective equipment as his batsman.

The injured batsman remains a completely normal striker when he is on the stroke, but he cannot and must not run between the striking lines; this is then taken over by the runner, who until then stands where the referee can normally be found at the end of the striker is who in this case takes the corresponding position on the other side of the pitch in order to have all batsmen in his sight.

As long as the injured batsman is not on the stroke, he is technically not in play and usually stands behind the referee at the end of the striker, who is then back in his usual position on the leg side , i.e. H. in the back of the striker. The role of the non-striker is then taken over by the runner.

The injured batsman is out once he or his runner is out in one of the usual ways . In addition, the injured batsman is himself out if he is as a striker in front of his line, which in his special case can only be the one at the end of the wicket keeper, and the wicket there is destroyed. This is then, depending on the situation, a run out or a stumped . Only in this one case, none of the runs that the other two players have run before this elimination apply.

Leaving the field of play

A field player may leave the field of play at any time, even if he is not entitled to a substitute, provided the referee is informed of the reason. He has to wait for the referee's approval if he wants to return to the field of play, but the referee is obliged to do so as early as possible.

In the event that the field player re-enters the field of play without a referee's approval and then comes into contact with the ball in play, the game is immediately interrupted ( dead ball ) and the batting team is automatically credited with five runs ( penalities ).

Bowling restrictions

In order to prevent a bowler from gaining an unfair advantage by taking a break before starting a new assignment, a field player who has not been on the field for 15 minutes or more may only bowl again if he has been back in the game for at least that time is how he was gone.

However, this restriction is lifted at the beginning of a new game day, but otherwise continues to apply in the next innings if a team is field team in two innings in a row.