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Cricket · Level 2

Elementary

5 sub-levels · 28 tests · 280 facts · updated 6 September 2026

Level 2 takes the Laws that Level 1 introduced and works them in practice: the bowling Laws, from the delivery stride and the front- and back-foot no-ball to the throw, the beamer and the short-pitched limits; the batting Laws, obstructing the field, hitting the ball twice, timed out, retired hurt against retired out and leaving the crease; the fielding and wicket-keeping Laws, where the keeper may stand and move, fake fielding, a fielder off the field and the substitute rules; the umpires and their decisions, the signals, the soft signal and its retirement, the Decision Review System, umpire's call and ball-tracking, and the third and fourth umpire and the match referee; and the match regulations, powerplays, over-rate penalties, intervals, DLS in outline, concussion replacements and the free hit.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 2.1Bowling LawsThis sub-level teaches what makes a delivery fair or a no-ball in practice — the front-foot and back-foot rules of the delivery stride, an illegal bowling action, the dangerous full toss and the height rule, and the…6 tests · 60 factsSub-level 2.2Batting LawsThis sub-level teaches what the striker and non-striker may and may not do once the ball is live — obstructing or distracting the fielding side by word or action, striking the ball with a hand off the bat, returning…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 2.3Fielding and Wicket-keeping LawsThis sub-level teaches how the fielding side must behave in the field — where the wicket-keeper has to stand and the one moment he is freed to move, how many fielders may be behind square on the leg side and what…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 2.4Umpires and DecisionsThis sub-level teaches how the two on-field umpires run the game — their authority over the conditions and over fair play, the set of signals and the wait for the scorers, how an appeal works and which umpire answers…6 tests · 60 factsSub-level 2.5Match RegulationsThis sub-level teaches the regulations layered on top of the Laws for the limited-overs and championship game — the powerplays and fielding restrictions in a one-day international and in a Twenty20, the free hit and…6 tests · 60 facts

Written from

MCC Laws of Cricket 2017 code (3rd edition 2022) for the Laws themselves; ICC Playing Conditions per format for the officiating and regulation detail that overrides the Laws in international cricket (DRS, powerplays, over rates, concussion replacements, the free hit); ESPNcricinfo for recent changes such as the soft-signal retirement. Questions are authored from these sources, not reproduced from them.