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No-ball

In cricket, a no-ball (in the Laws and regulations: "No ball") is a type of illegal delivery to a batter (the other type being a wide). It is also a type of extra, being the run awarded to the batting team as a consequence of the illegal delivery. For most cricket games, especially amateur, the definition of all forms of no-ball is from the MCC Laws of…

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No-ball

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Avg. degree1.97
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related to 2000s · 10
No-ball → April, Code, For, From, ICC, It, Law, Oct, See Steven Finn, The
related to Capitalisation convention and grammar · 10
No-ball → Ball, Both, Cricket, English, ICC Playing Conditions, It, MCC Laws, No, The, Umpire
related to Runs · 9
No-ball → All, Depending, For, If, In, In Test, One Day International, T20 International, When
related to Scoring notation · 4
No-ball → Again, If, In, The
related to Dismissal · 3
No-ball → Run, The, Thus
related to Umpire making the call of no-ball · 3
No-ball → By, Either, When
is a · 2
No-ball → circle, commonplace event in its own right
related to 1900s · 2
No-ball → The, This
related to Additional delivery · 2
No-ball → That, Wide
see also · 2
No-ball → Balk, Pakistan

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