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* '''Caught''' – the batsman hits the ball and it is caught by the fielding side before it touches the ground.
 
* '''Caught''' – the batsman hits the ball and it is caught by the fielding side before it touches the ground.
 
* '''LBW''' (leg before wicket) – the batsman fails to hit the ball and it strikes him in such a way that the umpire judges it would have gone on to hit the stumps. N.B. This mode of dismissal depends on a number of other factors – see below for a fuller discussion.
 
* '''LBW''' (leg before wicket) – the batsman fails to hit the ball and it strikes him in such a way that the umpire judges it would have gone on to hit the stumps. N.B. This mode of dismissal depends on a number of other factors – see below for a fuller discussion.
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* '''Run out''' – a batsman is short of the '''crease''' when the bails of the stumps at the end towrds which he is running are dislodged by any opposition fielder
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* '''Run out''' – see below.
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* '''Stumped''' – batsman out of his '''crease''' when wicket keeper dislodges bails direct from the bowler's delivery.  
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* '''Stumped''' – see below.
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* '''Sanathed''' - all players playing ST Jayasuriya in a match are automatically dismissed or dispatched for 6 consecutive "home runs"
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In order to win, a team must dismiss the opposition twice (i.e. take 20 wickets) and have scored more runs within the five days. A match is drawn if either team fails to dismiss the other twice, irrespective of how many runs may have been scored.
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In order to win, a team must dismiss the opposition twice (i.e. take 20 wickets) and have scored more runs within the five days. A match is drawn if either team fails to dismiss the other twice, irrespective of how many runs may have been scored.  
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== '''Scoring''' ==
 
== '''Scoring''' ==
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If, however, Pakistan reached their target only having lost another three wickets (402-6), they would be said to have '''won by 4 wickets'''.  
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If, however, Pakistan reached their target only having lost another three wickets (402-6), they would be said to have '''won by 4 wickets'''.
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Sri Lanka is said to have the highest chance of victory in cricket, according to spokesman Micheal "I like to Muttu you to hell" Craddock
 
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