No Cricket Thread...really?

[Lie-in King]

No spoilers from me...

What a fantastic example of a sporting tournament, played down to the last ball.

Well done to England & New Zealand for a fantastic, enthralling final.

Sip.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Triply blessed, don't you think?

[Mamyalynne]

Who?

[vetuste_ennemi]

(With more foresight I might have said quadruply.)

[Mamyalynne]

Who?

[vetuste_ennemi]

[vetuste_ennemi]

Wrong thread. Meant for the Mamya thread. A very young VE loved this rather stupid song by one of his favourite bands at the time.

[bednobs]

I watched it on and off during the day. My husband came in when there were approx. 20 overs to go and asked me how the match had been "quite dull" I replied having watched the run rate needed steadily climb "and England have no chance to get 100 runs off the last 20 overs"
and then off I went to play with the children and get them ready for bed !!!!!!!

[sedge47]

There used to be (and I presume still is) a way of getting out called "Hit the ball twice" so could someone with a better knowledge of the laws than I explain, when Stokes scored two then an extra four when the ball ricocheted off his bat, why he wasn't out "hit the ball twice"?

[sunny-dave]

4.1 Out Hit the ball twice
34.1.1 The striker is out Hit the ball twice if, while the ball is in play, it strikes any part of his/her person or is struck by his/her bat and, before the ball has been touched by a fielder, the striker wilfully strikes it again with his/her bat or person, other than a hand not holding the bat, except for the sole purpose of guarding his/her wicket.
34.1.2 For the purpose of this Law ‘struck’ or ‘strike’ shall include contact with the person of the striker

[sunny-dave]

I think the crucial things are

1. It needs to be deliberate
2. It needs to be before the ball is touched by a fielder

[New Judge]

//There used to be (and I presume still is) a way of getting out called "Hit the ball twice" so could someone with a better knowledge of the laws than I explain, when Stokes scored two then an extra four when the ball ricocheted off his bat, why he wasn't out "hit the ball twice"?//

You may notice that another thread has drawn attention to the fact that there is a bigger debate about that incident. Apparently as well as the four overthrows, two runs were awarded to the batsman when it seems only one had been scored:

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Sport/Other-Sports/Question1667034.html

[sedge47]

Thanks to sunny-dave for the explanation of why 'hit the ball twice' wasn't relevant.