Talk:Hit wicket

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Is a batsman can be given out hit wicket on a delivery above waist height? Added a link for the disintegrating bat, as he could not have been given out Hit Wicket. Take a look at the link. --Wisden17 13:54, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

In Kent v Sussex, Gravenend, 1866 G Wells hit the stumps before Bennett delivered the ball, but umpire Dean gave him out on the grounds that since the ball ceases to be dead as soon as the bowler starts his run, he batsman's action must count from the same moment. Tintin (talk) 14:13, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Which of course is correct, under Law 35 --Wisden17 14:29, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't 35.2.e [1] prevent that now ? Tintin (talk) 17:14, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Not exactly, I should have said that from today the bowler needs to have entered his delivery stride, I actually misread what you had put earlier. The point of 35.2.e is not that the batsman cannot be out unless the ball is delivered, but he can't be out in those circumstances where the bowler enters his delivery stride and then doesn't bowl the ball (e.g. stops to try and, mistakenly, run-out the non-striker). What you have to remember is that once the batsman is out the ball is dead, so Law 35.2.e will not be relevant in those circumstances. --Wisden17 17:28, 6 April 2006 (UTC)