In the sport of cricket, a bye is a run scored by the batting team when the ball has not been hit by the batsman and the ball has not hit the batsman's body. This article is about the sport. ... Cricket ball A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball used to play cricket. ... Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ...

Normally, if the ball passes the batsman without being deflected, the wicket-keeper will catch it. This normally prevents the scoring of runs because the batsmen will be unable to complete a run before being stumped or run out by the wicket-keeper. However, if the wicket-keeper fumbles or misses the ball, the batsmen may be able to score runs safely, and may choose to do so. The number of runs scored are scored as byes - they are added to the team's total, but not to the number of runs scored by either batsman. A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ... For other uses, see Stump (disambiguation). ... Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. ...

If the wicket-keeper misses the ball and it travels all the way to the boundary, the batting team immediately scores four byes, similarly to if the ball had been hit to the boundary for a four. A traditional boundary rope. ... Boundary has two distinct meanings in the sport of cricket. ...

If the ball was a no ball and any byes are scored, they are recorded in the scorecard as no balls, not byes. In the sport of cricket a no ball is an illegal delivery by the bowler. ...

If the ball was a wide and any byes are scored, they are recorded in the scorecard as wides, not byes. In the sport of cricket, a wide is one of two things: The event of a ball being delivered by a bowler too wide or high to be hit by the batsman, and ruled so by the umpire. ...

Whereas wides and no balls are considered to be the fault of the bowler, and are considered negative statistics in a bowler's record, byes are considered to be the fault of the wicket-keeper, and are considered negatively against the wicket-keeper's record. One of the worlds leading off-spin bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan sends down another delivery A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to a pitcher in baseball. ...

Byes are relatively rare, being the rarest form of extras in a cricket score. It is not unusual for a game to have no byes scored in it. A typical number might be in the range 0-10. In the sport of cricket, an extra is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball. ...

Normally batsmen never attempt to run byes when the wicket-keeper catches the ball. However, in situations at the end of a game where the batting team must score runs quickly in order to have a chance of winning, the batsmen may risk running a bye and hope that the wicket-keeper fumbles the ball or throws it inaccurately when attempting to run a batsman out. The usual result of this is a batsman's being run out, but sometimes the tactic pays off with a few ODI matches having been won on byes. A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ...

The umpire signals byes by raising his arm into a vertical position.

A rough analogue of a bye in baseball is the passed ball. This article is about the sport. ... In baseball, a catcher shall be charged with a passed ball when he fails to hold or to control a legally pitched ball which should have been held or controlled with ordinary effort, thereby permitting a runner or runners to advance. ...

See also

• Leg bye
• Cricket statistics