🏏Rules
easyUnder the Laws of Cricket, a delivery is called a "wide" primarily for which reason?
AIt passes too high above the batter
✓It passes so far from the striker, on either side, that they cannot hit it with a normal cricket stroke from a standard guard position
CIt is bowled underarm
DIt touches the pitch twice
Answer Explanation
Law 22 defines a wide as a ball the umpire judges the striker could not hit with a normal cricket stroke, based on where they were standing, on either side of the wicket.