Talk:Extra (cricket)

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[edit] No Balls and Wides counted against bowler?

No balls and wides were not originally including in the bowler's score. When was this changed?

Tabletop 05:41, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

In Test cricket, starting from 1983. Different countries adopted it in different seasons. Tintin (talk) 11:09, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why five runs?

The claim here that a penalty is five runs because "while four runs and six runs are common scores, five runs is rather rare" doesn't make a huge amount of sense. Is there a reference for this? 213.249.235.86 14:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it sounds very unconvincing. Couldn't find that explanation in the laws or online sources. I'll wait for a day or two and then remove it unless someone finds a citation by then. Tintin (talk) 14:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Removed it for now, until someone can find a citation for it. Tintin (talk) 16:56, 16 December 2006 (UTC)