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Bowling strike rate uses balls per wicket, unlike batting strike rate
The phrase strike rate refers to different calculations in cricket’s batting and bowling tables.
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A T20 power play ending does not start a new innings
A power play is a field-restriction phase within an innings.
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A run out adds a team wicket without necessarily adding a bowler wicket
A cricket team’s wickets lost and an individual bowler’s credited wickets are separate totals.
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Four runs do not always mean a cricket boundary
A team can add four runs through a boundary allowance or through completed running while the ball remains in play.
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Crossing before a cricket catch does not automatically put the survivor on strike
Under the current MCC caught-dismissal provisions, the surviving batter returns to the original end.
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A pad deflection does not always produce awarded leg byes
Runs after a ball strikes the batter’s body are subject to conditions.
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