Weird Cricket Dismissal Rules Explained

Cricket has one of the weirdest dismissal rules you've never heard of.

A batsman can be given out for "timed out" if they don't reach the crease within two minutes

of the previous wicket falling. Even stranger, you can be out "handled the ball" just for

touching it with your hand, unless you're protecting your wicket. And here's the wildest

part: there's a "diamond duck" where you get out without facing a single ball,

usually by run out. The game also has a "danger area" on the pitch that's protected like sacred

ground, and if bowlers damage it repeatedly, the opposing team gets five penalty

runs. These obscure laws rarely come into play, but when they do,