Penalty runs awarded under Law 28 – The Fielder

Five penalty runs are awarded to the batting team if  the ball strikes a fielder’s helmet when it is on the field but not being worn (e.g. when temporarily taken off and on the field behind the wicket keeper).

This incident has happened on three occasion in the World Cup, Canada, Australia and Sri Lanka are the teams which have conded five penalty runs to Kenya, South Africa and Netherlands. It has occurred twice in World Cup 2007 and once in the ongoing edition of World Cup 2003

Team	Ext	b	lb	w	nb	pen	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
Canada	28	1	2	18	2	5	43.2	v Kenya	Gros Islet	14 Mar 2007
Australia	17	0	0	11	1	5	48.0	v South Africa	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
Sri Lanka	33	0	1	26	1	5	49.4	v Netherlands	Lucknow	21 Oct 2023

I am extremely thankful to my friend Sri CR Rao who is an ardent fan of cricket and played some serious cricket in the league tournament of Karnataka State Cricket Association for pointing out the incidence in the World Cup match between Netherlands and Sri Lanka at Lucknow. Sri CR Rao retired as an Assistant General Manager from Corporation Bank and lives in Udupi