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GK QUESTION#821

Under MCC’s Laws of Cricket (2017 Code, fourth edition, 2026), which dismissal applies when a delivery that is not a no ball breaks the striker’s wicket, without first touching another player or an umpire, or the non-striker’s wicket?

  1. AStumped
  2. BHit Wicket
  3. CBowledCorrect answer
  4. DLBW
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Answer

C. Bowled

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This is Bowled under MCC Law 32.1. The delivery may touch the striker’s bat or body before breaking the wicket. A no ball cannot produce this dismissal; prior contact with another player, an umpire or the other wicket also prevents Bowled.

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