Cricket legal guidelines change: New batter on strike even when batters ‘cross’ on catch from October

Under current laws batters can cross while the ball is in the air, so the new batter does not necessarily face the next ball after a wicket

New batters will be on strike for the next ball even if the players in the middle cross while a catch is taken in all cricket from 1 October.

The change, first seen in The Hundred, comes in a laws update from the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), guardians of cricket’s laws and spirit.

The ban of using saliva to shine the ball, introduced because of Covid-19, will also become a permanent change.

More leeway will be given for wides when batters move in their crease.

In a further change, the controversial ‘Mankad’ dismissal – where a bowler runs out the non-striker in their delivery stride if the non-striker is backing up and has left their crease – is moved from the ‘unfair play’ section (Law 41) to be included alongside other run-outs (Law 38).

Other amendments include “dead ball” being called if either side is disadvantaged by a person, animal or…

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