The wicket keeper is there to catch balls that come behind the wicket. If the wicket keeper does not hold on, to or misses a ball, the batsman may be able to run without getting out. The runs are scored as byes if the ball did not deflect off the batsman. These are added to the teams total and not to the batsman's individual total.
If the ball goes to the batsman it scores 4 (or 6 if it goes over without hitting the ground) byes.
If the ball also counts as a no ball or a wide, then it is recorded as those instead of as a bye.
Byes are considered to be a negative statistic for the wicket keeper record and not the bowler. |
