Extras (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, the batting team can increase its innings total with the addition of extras (aka sundries).

There are four kinds of extras: no ball; wide; bye; and leg bye. No balls and wides are called by the umpire if the bowler has broken Law 21 (no ball) or Law 22 (wide), so these penalise the fielding team; in addition, the illegal delivery has to be bowled again.

Byes and leg byes are both covered by Law 23. A bye can be scored if the ball does not touch either of the batter's bat or body, and is not stopped by the wicket-keeper. A leg bye is similar, except that the ball has made contact with the batter's body (not just a leg), except for the hands, which count as part of the bat. To score a bye or a leg bye, the batters must run as they would for a shot off the bat. Byes and leg byes are added to the team score only, as extras, and not to a batter's own score.

Extras are the subject of Laws 21 to 23 in The Laws of Cricket.

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