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Cricket · Laws of Cricket

Law 30: Batter Out of His/Her Ground

2 parts · 10 tests · 100 facts · updated 12 October 2026 · markdown

Law 30 sets out when a batter is out of his ground (nothing of him or his bat grounded behind the popping crease), the protection after a later loss of contact when running or diving, which ground belongs to which batter (alone, remaining, nearer, the other ground, the striker with a runner) and where the non-striker stands.

30.301Out of His Ground

When a batter is considered out of his ground (nothing of him or his bat grounded behind the popping crease at that end), and the protection of a batter who has grounded a part beyond the line while running or diving and then loses contact.

Test 1When a batter is out of his groundTake a test

  1. The test is negative: any part of him or the bat grounded behind the popping crease keeps him in.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

  2. Law 30.1.1 measures the batter against the popping crease at the end he is at.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

  3. Law 30.1, 30.2 and 30.3 follow in that order.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30 · applied

  4. Without any part of him or his bat grounded behind the line, he is out of his ground.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  5. Only row A has part of the bat grounded behind the popping crease.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  6. One grounded foot behind the line satisfies the Law.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  7. The Law names some part of his person or bat, nothing narrower.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

  8. The consideration follows from nothing being grounded behind the line.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  9. The definition opens Law 30 in its first sub-clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

  10. Law 30.1 carries that heading.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1 · recall

Test 2Running or diving: loss of contactTake a test

  1. The second sub-clause deals with later loss of contact.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · recall

  2. Once grounded beyond the line, a later loss of contact does not make him out of his ground.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  3. The protection follows the grounding beyond the line.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  4. Law 30.1.2 covers running as well as diving.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  5. Only row A shows a first grounding beyond the line, which the Law then protects.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  6. The Law lists both ground and bat-person contact.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · recall

  7. Law 30.1.2 speaks of running or diving towards his ground and beyond.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · recall

  8. Action, grounding and then the loss of contact.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  9. The protection exists only where some part was grounded beyond the popping crease.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · recall

  10. Contact between the bat and the person is the second kind the Law names.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

Test 3Out of his ground in casesTake a test

  1. A jump in front of the line leaves nothing grounded behind it.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  2. Law 30.1.1 says the popping crease at that end.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

  3. The consideration comes at the instant the wicket is broken.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  4. Each end of the pitch has its own popping crease.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

  5. Only the foot behind the popping crease keeps him in his ground.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  6. Mid-pitch he has nothing grounded behind the crease at either end.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  7. Being out of the ground matters only with a dismissal Law such as Run out or Stumped.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1 · recall

  8. Sub-clauses 30.1.1, 30.1.2, 30.2.1 and 30.2.2.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30 · applied

  9. Out of the ground is a condition, not a dismissal.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1 · applied

  10. The feet are parts of his person grounded behind the line.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

Test 4Which crease and which partTake a test

  1. A batter at the bowler's end is judged against the line nearest the bowler, not the one behind the keeper.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

  2. The bat is enough, even as he sets off.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  3. The grounding beyond the line is the last step.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  4. The Law allows some part of his person or bat to be grounded behind the line.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

  5. He must be grounded behind the popping crease at the end he is at.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  6. The back foot is grounded behind the line, so the raised front foot is irrelevant.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  7. The bat dragged on the ground beyond the line is grounded there, so he is safe while running.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  8. The return ends with the bat grounded behind the line.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · applied

  9. Grounding of the bat beyond the line is enough, whatever the body does.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  10. Law 30.1.1 uses the popping crease alone.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

Test 5Law 30.1 in wordsTake a test

  1. Clause 30.1 has 30.1.1 and 30.1.2.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1 · recall

  2. The batter is out of his ground unless something is grounded behind the line.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1 · recall

  3. 30.1.1, 30.1.2 and then 30.2.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30 · applied

  4. Only running and diving are named.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · recall

  5. Law 30.1.2 deals with loss of contact after grounding beyond the line.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  6. The grounding must be beyond the popping crease.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · recall

  7. The exception to the definition sits in the second sub-clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · recall

  8. He is saved by the first grounding.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  9. Any later loss of contact is disregarded once the earlier grounding has occurred.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · applied

  10. Law 30 itself defines the ground; Law 39 is a dismissal that uses it.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 39 · recall

30.302Which Is a Batter's Ground; the Non-Striker

How ownership of each ground is decided (a batter alone, a batter who remains, the nearer batter when both grounds are empty, the other ground, and the striker who has a runner) and where the non-striker stands at the bowler's end.

Test 1One batter in a ground, or bothTake a test

  1. A lone batter holds the ground as his.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.1 · recall

  2. The visit of the second batter does not change the ownership.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.1 · applied

  3. Ownership once held is not lost by a visit.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.1 · applied

  4. Staying keeps the ground.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.2 · applied

  5. The first batter was alone, so the ground remains his.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.1 · applied

  6. The first sub-clause of 30.2 sets that rule.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.1 · recall

  7. The second sub-clause deals with a ground shared and then left.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.2 · recall

  8. The remaining batter becomes the owner.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.2 · applied

  9. Remaining decides it, not the order.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.2 · applied

  10. The ground belonging to a batter decides which one is out of his ground.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2 · recall

Test 2No batter in either groundTake a test

  1. Nearness decides when neither ground has a batter in it.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3 · recall

  2. The Law looks back to the moment before the batters drew level.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3 · applied

  3. The comparison comes before the ownership.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3 · applied

  4. The nearer batter owns the ground.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3 · applied

  5. Nearness decides ownership of an empty ground.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3 · applied

  6. The third sub-clause deals with two empty grounds.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3 · recall

  7. Law 30.2.3 does not use striker status.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3 · applied

  8. Sub-clauses 30.2.1, 30.2.2 and 30.2.3.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2 · applied

  9. Even level batters fall back on who was nearer before.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3 · recall

  10. Law 30.2 carries that heading.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2 · recall

Test 3The other ground and the runnerTake a test

  1. The other ground goes to the other batter.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.4 · recall

  2. The Law says irrespective of his position.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.4 · recall

  3. The fixed ground comes before the remaining rules.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5 · applied

  4. A striker with a runner follows 30.2.5 instead.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.4 · recall

  5. A striker with a runner has his ground at the keeper's end.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5 · applied

  6. His ground is fixed at the keeper's end.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5 · recall

  7. The last sub-clause of 30.2 deals with the runner.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5 · recall

  8. Sub-clauses 30.2.3, 30.2.4 and 30.2.5.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2 · applied

  9. Law 30.2.5 fixes the striker's ground at the keeper's end and keeps 30.2.1 to 30.2.4 in force for the other ground, which can belong to the runner or the non-striker depending on where they are.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5 · recall

  10. It is the striker's ground by fixed rule.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5 · applied

Test 4Position of the non-strikerTake a test

  1. Law 30.3 puts him on the opposite side to where the ball is delivered from.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · recall

  2. The umpire grants any request.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · recall

  3. The bowler's side of the wicket is announced first; the non-striker then stands on the opposite side, with no request to the umpire to do otherwise, before the ball is bowled (Law 30.3).

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · applied

  4. He stands opposite to the side of delivery.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · applied

  5. The usual position for the non-striker is on the opposite side of the wicket, unless the umpire allows otherwise.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · applied

  6. The Law makes the umpire's grant the condition.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · recall

  7. The Law says should be positioned.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · recall

  8. The grant comes before the change.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · applied

  9. The last clause of Law 30.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · recall

  10. Law 30.3 speaks of him standing at the bowler's end.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · recall

Test 5Law 30 as a wholeTake a test

  1. Law 30 has clauses 30.1, 30.2 and 30.3.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30 · recall

  2. Clause 30.2 is headed Which is a batter's ground.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2 · recall

  3. 30.1.2, 30.2.1, 30.2.5 and 30.3.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30 · applied

  4. The diving rule is the second part of the first clause.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2 · recall

  5. Law 30.3 deals with the non-striker's position.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3 · applied

  6. The last sub-clause of 30.2.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5 · recall

  7. Law 31 is Appeals.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 31 · recall

  8. Laws 29, 30, 31 and 32.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Laws 29 to 32 · applied

  9. Law 29 is The wicket is broken.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 29 · recall

  10. 30.2.1 to 30.2.5 make five.

    Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2 · recall

Sources

MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd edition, 2022), Law 30 with Laws 38 and 39 as cross-references (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Laws, not reproduced)

  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.124
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.219
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.311
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.38
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.57
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.26
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 305
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.15
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.14
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.24
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.43
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 391
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 311
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Laws 29 to 321
  • MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 291