Appeal (cricket)
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"Howzat" and "How's that" redirect here. For the album and song by Sherbet, see Howzat (album). For the television miniseries, see Howzat! Kerry Packer's War.
In cricket, an appeal (locally known as a "Howzat") is the act of a player (or players) on the fielding team asking an umpire for a decision regarding whether a batter is out or not. According to Law 31 of the Laws of Cricket, an umpire may not rule a batter out unless the fielding side appeals for a decision.[1] However, in practice most umpires will give a batter out to an obvious bowled or caught. On many occasions when a batter has otherwise technically been out, the fielding team has not realised, so neglected to appeal, and so the umpire has not declared them out.[2] An appeal may be made at any point before the bowler starts their run-up for the next ball.