If a batsman fails to score a run for three consecutive deliveries, he/she will be declared out.
5 runs are deducted from the batting side’s total for each wicket lost.
The last ball of each inning is called the jackpot ball where the runs scored by the batsman will be doubled. Based on teams agreement, there may exists an entire jackpot over, where the runs scored in the last over of an inning will be DOUBLED!
The batsman can be judged out if he/she is caught by a ball rebounding off a net if it has not hit the ground or the scoring boards on the net.
the highest-scoring shot can be as high as 8 or 12 runs
If the ball hits the roof, it is considered a dead ball, with no runs. But a ball caught after hitting the roof is considered as a wicket.
Finding 22 players at an amateur level is one of the most difficult tasks. You will always have friends dropping out at the last moment. And the box cricket field is also not big enough for 11 players to field at the same time.
So to make things easier, box cricket is usually played in 8 vs 8 formats. Additional 2 players on stand-by per team who takes turns after few overs.
Box Cricket is mostly a 8-12 overs a side affair due to time constraints. So there is really no place for defensive batting or dot balls. And to avoid that, a 3-dot ball rule is used. If a batsman fails to score a run for three consecutive deliveries, he/she will be declared out.
Sound scary right? It should. Because that is the whole purpose of the rule – To keep the scoreboard moving and to make sure all the players are up to the pace of box cricket.
Cricket is slowly becoming more batting-friendly than before. But Box Cricket has always been a nightmare for bowlers. So to make things a little easier for bowlers, a certain number of runs are deducted from the batting side’s total for each wicket lost. A bonus for the bowling side and a little relief for the bowler.
5 runs are deducted from the total for each wicket.
Now, this is one hell of a rule! Box Cricket obviously doesn’t have something like power play and field restrictions in the first few overs. But to make up for it and allow the batting side to go for the kill, there is a jackpot ball/over.
What is the jackpot ball? The last ball of each inning is called the jackpot ball where the runs scored by the batsman will be doubled. Based on teams agreement, there exists an entire jackpot over, where the runs scored in the last over of an inning will be DOUBLED!
But here is a catch! If you lose a wicket, you also lose double the number of runs you would usually lose for a wicket. So if 5 runs are normally deducted from the team’s total for a wicket, it will become 10 runs for the jackpot ball/over. DOUBLE OR NOTHING!
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