Mahesh,
A wide ball in cricket is a terms used for a ball bowled by a bowler which is unplayable by a batsman as it is out of his reach to play the ball.

To help the umpires to judge the wide balls there is a line drawn on each sides of the wickets which helps the umpire to judge whether it’s a wide ball or not.

In case of a ball goes on the legside of a batsman then there is no need to have a line as any ball bowled behind the batsman or legside is considered as a wide ball. As its not a legal delivery a bonus run is awarded to the team batting. 1 run is awarded to the team but if the ball is not collected by the wicket keeper when it’s a wide and it goes beyond the boundary total of five runs are awarded to the team.

Answered by Jateen Gutta , an ibibo Master, at 3:58 PM on October 07, 2008

The ball will be considered as passing wide of the striker unless it is sufficiently within his reach for him to be able to hit it with his bat by means of a normal cricket stroke.

Any ball that strays on the leg side of the striker shall be called wide.

Answered by Chetan , an ibibo Citizen, at 2:33 PM on October 02, 2008

When the ball is wide off the stumps the umpire calls the delivery a wide ball. Generally a dlivery down the leg side even if it were centimetres of the leg stump is called a wide immediately by the umpire. The umpires are not that harsh on deliveries off the off-stump..The bowlng side is given the penalty of bowling one extra delivery for the wide delivery and the batting side gets a bonus of one run and sometimes when the ball touches the ropes bonus o of 5 runs.

Answered by Niraimathi , an ibibo Master, at 1:44 PM on October 02, 2008

Anything which is far away from the batsman .It is judged by the white line which is there on the either side of the wicket or the ball which goes far above the batsman head.

Answered by Shubham , an ibibo Citizen, at 11:41 AM on October 02, 2008

In the sport of cricket, a wide is one of two things, the event of a ball being delivered by a bowler too wide or high to be hit by the batsman, and ruled so by the umpire. A run scored by the batting team as a penalty to the bowling team when this occurs.A wide does not count as one of the six balls in an over and it doesn't count as a ball faced by the batsman.

Answered by Aamir : , an ibibo Citizen, at 7:03 PM on October 01, 2008

If the ball goes wide of the batsman, the umpire may call it a wide. An extra ball and a run is given to the batting side. There are directional lines given in the pitch for the umpires to look at. Another rule is that only two bouncers can be bowled in an over. If the bowler balls another bouncer, then the umpire can call it a wide.

Answered by Mahesh K , an ibibo Citizen, at 11:35 AM on October 01, 2008

WEll Mahesh, Wide balls will be called according to the definitions given in Law 25 of the 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket....

wide means:
ball is away from a certain limit from the striker then it is given as wide..his limit is more in off and lesser in leg....

if player should not be able to hit the ball with a reasonable amount of control. then it is given as wide...

the limit of wide ball is more in test as compared to one day...


one run is scored by the batting team as a penalty to the bowling team when this occurs.

Wides are not uncommon. A typical number occurring in a game might be in the range 5-20.

All the best Mahesh......

Answered by Manoj Gajraj , an ibibo Advisor, at 1:14 AM on October 01, 2008

IF THE BALL GOES DOWN THE LEG SIDE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BATSMAN BAT OR ANY PART OF HIS BODY,THE BALL IS CALLED AS A WIDE BALL STRAIGHT AWAY
IF THE BALL GOES OUT OF THE PLAYING RANGE OF THE BATSMAN ON THE OFF-SIDE THAN THE BALL IS TERMED AS A WIDE BALL,for accuracy or help to the empires on decision a WHITE LINE IS MADE ON THE PITCH
EACH WIDE BALL GIVES 1 EXTRA RUN TO THE BATTING TEAM

Answered by abhinav , an ibibo Citizen, at 1:04 AM on October 01, 2008

If the ball is too far from the batsman or his bat, the ball is declared as wide. If the ball touches any of the batsman's body part or equipment its not a wide.... 1 run is given to the batting team for each wide ball.

Answered by Chinmay , an ibibo Citizen, at 3:14 PM on September 30, 2008

A ball being delivered too far from the batsman to strike it, provided that no part of the batsman's body or equipment touches the ball, is known as a wide (the definition of what counts as wide is far more strict in a limited overs match, because bowling unplayable balls would be a way to "waste" the batting team's innings).

A wide is penalized one run; a wide also does not count as one of the six in an over. However, if a no ball is called, the ball is not also counted as a wide. The runs otherwise scored by the batsman, whether by running or by a boundary, also count as part of the score. (Note that the batsman need not strike the ball to run.)

For every wide bowled, an extra ball is added to the number of balls in that over.

In modern cricket a wide is scored against the bowler.

Answered by ani , an ibibo Advisor, at 2:23 PM on September 30, 2008