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From S Giridhar and VJ Raghunath

This piece like earlier ones began as an animated discussion between the two of us. This time about umpiring in general and LBW in particular. The essence of the LBW Law has remained the same over time: a) to be LBW the ball must hit the batsman in line with the stumps and is likely to hit the stumps beyond any reasonable doubt; b) if the ball pitches outside leg you cannot be leg before even if that delivery was likely to hit the stumps; c) one can be LBW even if the batsman is struck outside the off stump provided the batsman is not offering a stroke in the opinion of the umpire (this rule was introduced around 1970).