Extra (cricket)

In cricket, an extra (sometimes called a sundry) is a run scored by, or awarded to, a batting team which is not credited to any individual batter.

An umpire may call a no-ball when the bowler or fielder commits an illegal action during bowling.

A rarer reason is when the bowler's back foot touches or lands outside the return crease.

Other reasons include when a bowler throws (or chucks) the ball (meaning significantly straightening the elbow during the delivery), or bowls a full toss above waist high (a beamer), or for dangerous or unfair short pitched bowling.

In this case, regardless of the part of anatomy touched by the ball, the runs scored are known as leg-byes.

If (with the same provisos) the ball reaches the boundary, whether or not the batters ran, then four leg-byes are awarded.

Penalty runs are awarded for various breaches of the Laws, generally related to unfair play or player conduct.

[7] The most extras in a One Day International innings is 59, achieved twice against Pakistan: by West Indies in the 9th ODI in 1989 and by Scotland in the 1999 World Cup.