The batsman closest to the safe region of the wicket, but not exactly in safe territory, is out. On the line is deemed out; usually, whether or whether a batsman got his footing before the bails were removed is a tight call, with the judgment referred to the Decision Review System. However, if there is no doubt about the outcome, then he is out on the line.
The term "on the line" was originally used in Australian cricket to describe when a ball has been bowled wide of a batsman and he has advanced beyond the popping crease into position to drive it. If the ball had carried past him, then he would have been out "on full toss". However, since the late 1980s, "on the line" has also been used as an official term to describe any run out situation.
An example from Indian cricket shows how a player can be out "on the line" even if the ball hits the ground before reaching him. In this case, it was Ravindra Jadeja who was out "on the line". The incident occurred during a one-day international match between India and South Africa at Nagpur on 4 February 2016. With India 1/2 time trailing by five runs, Ravindra Jadeja went back after throwing down the stumps in an attempt to deceive South African captain De Villiers, but he ended up getting run out himself because the ball hit the ground before reaching him.
A run out occurs when the batters attempt a run or runs but fall short of the batting crease due to the fielding unit breaking the stumps. The batter must have some part of his bat or body planted outside the crease, else he is out. A run out can also occur if the striker misses the ball completely and the non-striker keeps running. This is called a blind run out.
The term "stump" in run out refers to the fact that the batsman has gone out of his way to make sure that he has been dismissed by running him out. He has left his place in the field for this purpose alone.
In English cricket, once the striker has reached mid-off he cannot return until after the next man has taken guard. Thus, he has no choice but to proceed to long off where mid-off is located. However, in other forms of the game such as Indian cricket, the striker may be allowed to go back before the next man arrives at the end of his run.
In Australian rules football, if a player is going beyond their own 25 metre line they have committed a serious penalty and should be penalised. If a player is going past their own goal line they have committed a very serious penalty and should be penalised.
When a batter is removed, the next person on the batting side is given the opportunity to play until 10 players out of 11 are dismissed in various ways. The most frequent methods to go out are to be bowled, caught, run-out, LBW, or stumped. A player who goes out in this way is said to have "died" and the number of deaths in an innings determines how many times that player has gone out.
The word "out" comes from the old English word eoten, which means "one who is absent." As we know, cricket is a game where people can be absent because they were either run out (when returning from the pavilion or boundary), hit by the ball while running between the wickets, or dismissed for low scores.
So in cricket, you can be said to have "gone out" several times if not all of these conditions apply. But apart from these occasions, there is only one right way to go out in a cricket match - with a ball hitting your chest or head. If a player is leg before, he is out. If he is spreadeagled across the pitch, he is out. And if he doesn't move after being hit by a ball, he is out too.
In fact, according to the laws of cricket, every time a player goes out he must do so within sight of the umpire.
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