Second step

The cricket set of laws displayed on this page here are for the established form of cricket which is called “Test Cricket”. However there is other format of the game e.g. 50 over matches, Twenty20 Cricket etc where the system differ slightly. Cricket is a game played between two teams made up of eleven players each. There is also a keep back player called a “twelfth man” who is used should a player be injured during play. The twelfth man is not permissible to bowl, bat, wicket keep or head the team. His sole duty is to act as a substitute fielder. The original player is free to return to the game as rapidly as they have recovered from their injury. To apply the law and make sure the cricket rules are upheld throughout the game there are two umpires in place during games. Umpires are responsible for making decisions and notifying the scorers of these decisions. Two umpires are in place on the playing field while there is also a third adjudicator off the field who is in arraigning of video decisions. This is where the call is too close for the on field umpires and they refer it to the third umpire who reviews slow motion video replays to make a conclusion.