Lost ball, no appeal: Do you know about THESE five laws of cricket? Due to excitement level increasing seeing the ball cruise over everyone's head, the chances of the ball getting lost is turning out to be the new normal. So if the ball is lost in such a situation, the fielding side can call it a 'lost ball'. The delivery is then called dead and the umpires ask for another ball that is similar to the number of overs old as that of the lost ball. If the batsman has not hit the lost ball, the runs go down as extras.

Source: dna February 10, 2021 07:07 UTC