This piece of information was shared in the Daily Telegraph on Dec 10, 1992, when the no-ball penalty was worth two runs by Christopher Martin-Jenkins, at Lord’s. NO-BALLS in first-class and one-day cricket next season will produce two extra runs rather than one. What is more, they will be in addition to runs scored off the bat. For the first time in English cricket, a six-score off a no-ball will give the side eight runs.
This was the most significant of several changes to the playing conditions for next season agreed at the two-day winter meeting of the Test and County Cricket Board at Lord’s. The two extras will apply to all types of no-ball. Batsmen will be credited only with runs scored off the bat, but the two-run penalty will count against a bowler’s analysis. In the future, all balls passing above a batsman’s shoulder height will be regarded as no-balls, not as wides. Again, therefore, the penalty will be two runs, not one.
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