Boundary Catches with Multiple Airborne Touches outstide the field of play Conditions Later this month and Mcc Laws in October 2026.
Michael Neser’s Catch during BIG Bash League (BBL) 2023 was taken as reference by ICC’s Cricket Committee where the Fielder Hospitals In the Air to Keep the Ball In Plays Before Completeing The Catch India Field of play. While it was deemed legal as per the current law, 19.5.2, but such event would be Illegal when the new RULING COMES INTO EFFECT.
What the current law, 19.5.2, says:
A fielder who is not in contact with the ground is considered to be grounded beyond the boundary if his final contact with the ground, before his first contact with By the bowler, was not entreed within the boundary.
As part of its revision, the mxc has cleaned that any fielder making a second contact with the ball after jumping from the boundary must Inside the fiel of play, or Else a boundary will be Awarded.
According to a note circulated to member boards by the ICC, “Mccc has devised a new wording where the ‘bunny hop’ which beyond the boundary is removed, but these catches with Inside the boundary, steps outside and then dives back in to catch the ball, are permitted. “
“Our solution has been done to limit any fielder who has gone outstide the boundary to touching the ball when airborne only once, and then, having done don so, to be all the groundary for the boundary for the bounded That delivery. ”
The rule will also apply to relay catches. If a fielder fails to return inside the playing field from outside before the catch is completes – even by another player – it will be called a boundary.
The revised rule will be enforced starting June 17, when the new world test championship (WTC) Cycle Begins with Sri Lanka Taking on Bangladesh.
