Netherlands bowler Saqib Zulfiqar sparked a debate over the Laws of Cricket during his side’s World Cup clash against Afghanistan.
He went too far and couldn’t receive the ball. Commentators debated whether he released the ball before his front foot landed, suggesting that if he had, it would have been a mistake not to call the ball. Zulfikar’s behavior is not normal. Leg-spinners bowl with the “wrong” foot. Most bowlers land on the front foot before releasing, but he lands almost at the same time.
The commentators concluded that Zulfiqar’s front foot touched the ground just before the ball, but this would have made no difference whether a no-ball had been called or not. In his ICC playing conditions of the competition, which reflect the rules of cricket, the front foot is not defined as the last foot that lands before releasing the ball, but rather his second foot that lands while the bowler is It is clear that it is defined as In the ball delivery step.
Appendix 9.3 states: “Release Step” means the step in which the release swing is made, whether or not the ball is released. It begins when the bowler’s back foot lands on that step and ends when the bowler’s front foot lands on the same step. The steps after the delivery step are completed when the next foot lands. H. When the back foot of the delivery step lands again.
Delivery swing is defined in the above clause as the movement of the bowler’s arm as he normally releases the ball for delivery.
In other words, since Zulfikar was in his pitching stride, his foot, called the front foot, would have remained the same whether he released the ball before the front foot landed or not.
Zulfiqar finished with 1 win and 25 losses as the Netherlands lost by 7 wickets.
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