How Well Do You Know Umpire's Signals In Cricket?

Wide: A delivery too wide for a batsman to play a shot. It is signalled with both arms outstretched.
The umpire will judge a delivery to be wide if it is out of the reach of the batsman and he is unable to play a correct cricket shot.

Four: When a ball is hit to the boundary the umpire signals a four.

The boundary four is signalled by waving an arm from side to side, finishing with the arm across the chest. Each umpire has his own way of doing this.

Out: The raised finger from the umpire is the signal all batsmen dread. As soon as that finger goes up, the batsman has to go.

Six: When the ball is hit clean over the boundary the umpire will signal a six by raising both hands above his head.
Some umpires raise three fingers on each hand to further signal the six, or perhaps all five on one hand and one on the other.

TV replays: Run-outs, stumpings, doubtful catches and boundary issues can all be passed on for a TV replay.
The third umpire is called upon to look at TV replays by a field umpire. They cannot be called upon for lbw decisions.

No ball: This is signalled by an arm raised at shoulder height.

The most common no ball is the foot-fault; a bowler bowling too many intimidating deliveries in an over, or bowling a full-toss above the batsman's waist can also be no-balled.

One short: A batsman failing to make his ground when turning between runs is guilty of one short.
This would be called when a batsman is running two or more, but fails to make his ground and puts his bat in short at one of the turns.

Leg bye: Called when a ball hits any part of the batsman's body (except the hand holding the bat) and not the bat.
It is signalled with a hand touching the umpire's raised knee.

Bye: If a delivery passes the batsman and fielder and a run is scored, it is known as a bye.

It is a legal delivery passing the stumps with the ball touching neither the bat nor the batsman's body. The umpire's signal is one arm stretched above the body.

This signal means: Cancel call: At times even umpires can get their decisions wrong. If they wish to alter a decision, they can cancel the call by touching each shoulder with the opposite hand.

More recently, with the introduction of the umpire Decision Review System (DRS) in internationals, this signal is made when the on-field umpire's decision has been reversed on the advice of the third umpire.

After making this signal, the on-field umpire would then either raise his finger to signal that the batsman is out, or make the "safe" signal - crossing his arms below the waist, similar to the "dead ball" signal - to indicate the batsman can remain.