Retired (cricket)
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Retirement is covered by Law 25 of the Laws of Cricket,[1] which distinguishes between two types of retirement. If the batsman is ill or injured they are considered retired - not out and are permitted to return to batting if they recover. In all other cases the batsman is considered retired - out and may not return to the innings, unless the opposing captain offers an exemption. These two types of retirement are considered differently in cricket statistics.
Retired - not out
If a
This situation is officially recorded on the
Retired - out
If a batsman retires for any other reason, or without the umpire's permission, they are considered to have forfeited their wicket and are therefore
Examples
As of 2019, only two batsmen have retired out in a
The only example in Test cricket of an opposing captain granting an exemption was for Gordon Greenidge, during the fifth Test of the 1982–83 India–West Indies series. Greenidge was not out on a score of 154 overnight (his highest score in Tests to that point), when he received news that his two-year-old daughter was critically ill. He retired and flew from Antigua to Barbados to visit the hospital where his daughter was being treated; she died two days later. Greenidge took no further part in the match. As a mark of respect, he was recorded as "retired not out".[5][6][7]
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See also
References
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