# Law 30: Batter Out of His/Her Ground (MCC Laws of Cricket)

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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.

## 30.301 Out 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 1: When a batter is out of his ground

- 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)
- 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)
- Law 30.1, 30.2 and 30.3 follow in that order. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30)
- 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)
- 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)
- One grounded foot behind the line satisfies the Law. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1)
- 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)
- The consideration follows from nothing being grounded behind the line. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1)
- The definition opens Law 30 in its first sub-clause. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1)
- Law 30.1 carries that heading. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1)

### Test 2: Running or diving: loss of contact

- The second sub-clause deals with later loss of contact. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2)
- 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)
- The protection follows the grounding beyond the line. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2)
- Law 30.1.2 covers running as well as diving. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2)
- 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)
- The Law lists both ground and bat-person contact. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2)
- 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)
- Action, grounding and then the loss of contact. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2)
- 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)
- 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)

### Test 3: Out of his ground in cases

- 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)
- 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)
- The consideration comes at the instant the wicket is broken. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1)
- Each end of the pitch has its own popping crease. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Out of the ground is a condition, not a dismissal. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1)
- 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)

### Test 4: Which crease and which part

- 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)
- The bat is enough, even as he sets off. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1)
- The grounding beyond the line is the last step. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- The return ends with the bat grounded behind the line. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1)
- 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)
- Law 30.1.1 uses the popping crease alone. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.1)

### Test 5: Law 30.1 in words

- Clause 30.1 has 30.1.1 and 30.1.2. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1)
- 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)
- 30.1.1, 30.1.2 and then 30.2. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30)
- Only running and diving are named. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2)
- 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)
- The grounding must be beyond the popping crease. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2)
- 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)
- He is saved by the first grounding. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.1.2)
- 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)
- 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)

## 30.302 Which 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 1: One batter in a ground, or both

- A lone batter holds the ground as his. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.1)
- 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)
- Ownership once held is not lost by a visit. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.1)
- Staying keeps the ground. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.2)
- The first batter was alone, so the ground remains his. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.1)
- The first sub-clause of 30.2 sets that rule. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.1)
- 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)
- The remaining batter becomes the owner. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.2)
- Remaining decides it, not the order. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.2)
- 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)

### Test 2: No batter in either ground

- Nearness decides when neither ground has a batter in it. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3)
- 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)
- The comparison comes before the ownership. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3)
- The nearer batter owns the ground. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3)
- Nearness decides ownership of an empty ground. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3)
- The third sub-clause deals with two empty grounds. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3)
- Law 30.2.3 does not use striker status. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3)
- 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)
- Even level batters fall back on who was nearer before. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.3)
- Law 30.2 carries that heading. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2)

### Test 3: The other ground and the runner

- The other ground goes to the other batter. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.4)
- The Law says irrespective of his position. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.4)
- The fixed ground comes before the remaining rules. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5)
- A striker with a runner follows 30.2.5 instead. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.4)
- 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)
- His ground is fixed at the keeper's end. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- It is the striker's ground by fixed rule. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5)

### Test 4: Position of the non-striker

- 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)
- The umpire grants any request. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3)
- 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)
- He stands opposite to the side of delivery. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3)
- 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)
- The Law makes the umpire's grant the condition. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3)
- The Law says should be positioned. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3)
- The grant comes before the change. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3)
- The last clause of Law 30. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3)
- 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)

### Test 5: Law 30 as a whole

- Law 30 has clauses 30.1, 30.2 and 30.3. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30)
- Clause 30.2 is headed Which is a batter's ground. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2)
- 30.1.2, 30.2.1, 30.2.5 and 30.3. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30)
- 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)
- Law 30.3 deals with the non-striker's position. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.3)
- The last sub-clause of 30.2. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2.5)
- Law 31 is Appeals. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 31)
- Laws 29, 30, 31 and 32. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Laws 29 to 32)
- Law 29 is The wicket is broken. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 29)
- 30.2.1 to 30.2.5 make five. (Source: MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd ed. 2022), Law 30.2)

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)

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