Talk:Timed out

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Was the recent test match between England and Pakistan concluded as a timed out or a forfeit by Pakistan? 81.104.177.44 16:57, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

No, timed out refers to a single batsman. Forfeiting a match because the whole team refuses to play is a different Law. Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Change in year 2000

Johnlp just added this:

The Law was first adopted in 1980 and provided for only two minutes until 2000, when it was revised to three minutes.

My memory is that it used to be two minutes to cross the boundary, and became three to be ready to receive the delivery. Is that correct?

Stephen Turner (Talk) 20:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

The original wording was "steps on to the field of play" and this was changed to be "ready to take guard" when the minutes were increased from two to three.

BTW, I can expand on the Heygate incident here or in a separate article if others feel it would be interesting. One of the points about it is that the "two-minute rule" seems to have been adopted unofficially for many years before the Laws put it into black and white. There are contradictory accounts of the exact circumstances, but general agreement that the batsman was given out as "timed out" by the umpire (a Test umpire) at the time, though the record was later amended. Johnlp 21:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. I didn't know about that.

I have noted that the 1775 Laws, which were the first printed Laws, already required the umpires "To allow Two Minutes for each Man to come inn when one is out". Our own article on the 1744 English cricket season says that this provision is also found in the original 1744 Laws, but I can't find a copy of those Laws on the web. Can anyone help?

Stephen Turner (Talk) 09:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)