information they must determine if the ball would have passed over the stumps or struck them. The MCC guidance states that it is easier to make a decision when the ball strikes the batter without pitching, but that the difficulty increases when the ball has bounced and more so when there is a shorter time between the ball pitching and striking the batter.

Development of the law

Origins

The earliest known written version of the Laws of Cricket, dating from 1744, does not include an lbw rule. At the time, batters in English

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