In cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball gameBat-and-ball may refer to:
*Bat-and-ball games
Bat-and-ball games (or safe haven games) are field games played by two opposing teams, in which the action starts when the defending team throws a ball at a dedi ...
, the term bowled has several meanings. First, is the act of propelling the ball
A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid
An oval (from Latin ''ovum'', "egg") is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas ( projective ...
towards the wicket
In cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, field at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail ...
defended by a batsman
In cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, field at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail ...
.
Second, it is a method of dismissing a batsman
In cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, field at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail ...
, by hitting the wicket with a ball
A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid
An oval (from Latin ''ovum'', "egg") is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas ( projective ...
delivered by the bowler. (The term "bowled out
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" is sometimes used instead.)
Third, it is used in scoring
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to indicate which bowler is credited with dismissing a batsman, when the batsman is dismissed by being bowled, leg before wicket
Leg before wicket (lbw) is one of the ways in which a batsman
In cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field at the centre of which is a cricket pitc ...
, caught
Image:In the air.jpg, 250px, An Australian fielder runs to take a catch
Caught is a method of Dismissal (cricket), dismissing a batsman in cricket. A batsman is out caught if the batsman hits the cricket ball, ball, from a legitimate Delivery (cri ...
, stumped
Stumped is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket
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, or hit wicket
Hit wicket is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball gameBat-and-ball may refer to:
*Bat-and-ball games
Bat-and-ball games (or safe haven games) are field games played by two opposing teams, in which th ...
.
Delivery of a ball
Dismissal of a batsman
This method of dismissal is covered by Law 32 of the ''Laws of Cricket''.
A batter is Bowled if his or her wicket
In cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, field at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail ...
is Wicket#Putting down a wicket, put down by a ball
A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid
An oval (from Latin ''ovum'', "egg") is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas ( projective ...
delivered by the bowler. It is irrelevant whether the ball has touched the bat, glove, or any part of the batsman before going on to put down the wicket, though it may not touch another player or an umpire before doing so. Such rules mean that bowled is the most obvious of dismissals: almost never requiring an appeal (cricket), appeal to the umpire; a bowled batsman will usually acknowledge the dismissal voluntarily.
If the delivered ball deflects off the bat, and bowls the batter, then the informal term is known as ''played on'', ''knocked on'' or ''dragged on''. If the wicket is put down without the batter making any contact with the ball, then it is known as ''clean bowled'', with variations of this being ''bowled through the gate'', where the ball travels between the bat and pad, or ''bowled around the legs'', where the ball goes behind (to the legside of) the batsman and hits the stumps.
A batter cannot be Bowled from a no-ball, wide (cricket), wide or dead ball (cricket), dead ball.
A batter is out bowled even if he/she could be given out by another method of dismissal instead. For example, if a batsman edges the ball onto the stumps (such that the bails are removed) and the ball is then caught by a fielder, the batter would be given out bowled instead of caught.
Bowled is the second most common method of dismissal after caught
Image:In the air.jpg, 250px, An Australian fielder runs to take a catch
Caught is a method of Dismissal (cricket), dismissing a batsman in cricket. A batsman is out caught if the batsman hits the cricket ball, ball, from a legitimate Delivery (cri ...
, accounting for 21.4% of all Test cricket, Test match dismissals between 1877 and 2012.
The bowler is credited with the wicket if the batter is Bowled.
Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for dismissing most batsman Bowled in Test matches, with 167.
Scoring
For example, a scorecard may say that a batsman was 'c Smith b Jones', which reads as 'caught Smith, bowled Jones', and means he was out caught by Smith, when the bowler was Jones. Or it might say 'lbw b Jones', which reads as 'lbw bowled Jones', and means he was out LBW when the bowler was Jones.References