Question
Dear Mr. Patel,
I hope all is well. I am the President of the Southern Ontario Cricket Association and also one of the league umpires. I was in your class that you conducted for SOCA umpires in spring of 2005.
We had a recent situation in a game in our league that I'd like to get your expert opinion on.
In a recent game, I was umpiring at the bowler's end and I called a no ball because the bowler overstepped the crease. The last pair was at the wicket. The ball did hit the striker's stump...but he was not out because I had called a no ball.
I then turned towards the scorer to make sure that he had seen my signal so that he recorded the no ball. As I was doing that I heard an appeal and the square leg umpire had given the striker out run out.
Apparently, the striker did not understand or did not hear the the no ball and started to walk off the field. The fielding side realisng that a no ball had been called, quickly got the ball back to the wicket keeper who pulled a stump up with the ball in his hand and appealed for run-out.
The square leg umpire gave the striker out run-out because he was out of his crease. My question is: In your opinion, in this scenario, is the striker out run-out. The Run-out law was not clear on this but implied that the striker was out. However, I have seen in a prior test match that the umpire said that the striker was not out in the same scenario.
Thanks in advance.....
Les Burnett
President SOCA
Answer from Mr. Patel
since you call no ball for over stepping, it count because it happen first.