An over is six balls bowled in succession by a bowler. These six balls must be legal delieveries. Therefore if there are non legal balls (see No Ball section and Wides section) the bowler has to keep bowling, till six legal balls have been delivered.
During an innings a bowler bowls an over, before another bowler bowls an over from the other end and this pattern is repeated till the end of the innings. A bowler is not permitted to bowl two overs in a row.
If the bowler can not finish an over it is completed by another person from the bowling side.An over is called a maiden if no runs are scored off it. It is called a wicket maiden if a wicket is taken as well as no runs scored.
If the ball is thrown in from the outfield and is not collected by a fielder in the centre the batsman can run for more runs. It is possible for overthrows to be scored after a boundary. This means that more than six runs can be scored off one ball. |
