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A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill after the nomination of the players at the start of the game. The rules for substitutes all appear in Law 2 of the Laws of cricket. Wikipedia Logo File links The following pages link to this file: Talk:Amino acid Australian Army Boxing Bioterrorism Brick Broadway (Manhattan) Geography of Canada Transportation in Chile Confucius Colorado Rockies Origins beliefs Democracy Document Type Definition Equuleus East Slavic languages Flanders Fifth Monarchy Men Grenada Geyser Harry Potter Information explosion... Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ... A player can be any of the following: A player is a participant in a game. ... The laws of cricket are a set of rules framed by the Marylebone Cricket Club which serve to standardise the format of cricket matches across the world to ensure uniformity and fairness. ...

A substitute can act for the injured or ill player in the field, although he may not bowl, bat, or act as wicket-keeper or as captain. (But see "Tactical substitute" below.) The substitute may also act as a runner when the injured or ill player is batting, but may not bat himself. A player may bat, bowl and field even if he has had a substitute for part of the game. If a player has a runner, he may be given out if either he or his runner transgresses the rules. A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ...

Retired hurt

If a batsman gets injured or ill while batting, he may retire and resume his batting at a later stage in the innings at the fall of a wicket or when another batsman retires hurt. If he takes the umpire's permission to leave, he is declared 'Retired – not out'. Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is a player whose speciality in the game is batting. ... An innings, or inning, is a segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which a side takes its turn to bat. ... This article is about the cricket term. ...

Retired out

If a batsman retires without the umpire's permission, he may only resume his innings with the opposing captain's permission. If he does not resume his innings, he is given out. This often happens from time to time in friendly practice games, for instance English county sides versus University Centres of Cricketing Excellence. Only two batsmen have retired out in test match cricket. Both instances were in the same match, where the Sri Lankan batsmen retired out to save the Bangladeshi opposition further embarrassment. Each of these two batsmen had already scored more runs than the entire Bangladeshi team in the previous innings, and it is arguable that they deliberately gave batting time to newer teammates. [1] An innings, or inning, is a segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which a side takes its turn to bat. ... It has been suggested that Test status be merged into this article or section. ...

Tactical substitute

In 2005, the International Cricket Council announced, as part of a package of changes to the playing conditions for One-Day Internationals to be trialled over a ten-month period, that football style tactical substitutions would be permitted. Each team was to be allowed one substitute, who had to be named before the toss was made, and could be introduced at any stage of the match. The NatWest Challenge series between England and Australia in July saw the first use of these new regulations, which do not apply to other forms of cricket such as Test matches. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... ICC logo The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test match and One-day International cricket. ... A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... A substitute is a player in football who is brought on to the pitch during a match in exchange for an existing player. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... It has been suggested that Test status be merged into this article or section. ...