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runs off 16 balls. Namibia were left to chase a revised target of 126 runs in 10 overs in a rain-curtailed match, and as a result, he made himself retire out considering the circumstances Namibia were reeling at and to make a case for another batter to capitalize on the required run rate in order to score runs in a quick manner.
101:. If the retired batter recovers before the end of the innings, they may resume batting, upon the dismissal or retirement of another batter. If they cannot return to batting by the end of the innings, e.g. if they have been taken to hospital for medical treatment, the batting side must close its innings once it is 259:
became the first batter to be dismissed retired out in a T20 World Cup match. Davin who came in as the opening batsman for Namibia in the run chase, then announced himself that he was leaving the field during the 6th over of the Namibian innings while he was still batting with an unbeaten score of 18
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on a score of 154 overnight (his highest score in Tests to that point), when he received news that his two-year-old daughter was critically ill. He retired and flew from Antigua to Barbados to visit the hospital where his daughter was being treated; she died two days later. Greenidge took no further
195:(T20) cricket, teams sometimes retire a batter for purely tactical reasons, such as to switch left- and right-handed batters, though this practice has been controversial and lambasted as unsporting. The first example at professional level was in a match between 136:. Unless the opposing captain offers an exemption, the retired batters may not return. This situation is recorded on the scorecard as 'retired - out' and is considered a dismissal for statistical purposes, though is not credited to a 598: 495: 120:
as "retired - not out", though the unofficial term "retired - hurt" is often used on broadcasts instead. The batter is considered 'not out' for statistical purposes e.g. when calculating a
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in 2001. The decision was controversial, since they retired out to give the rest of the team batting practice, and this was considered unsporting.
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If a batter retires for any other reason, or without the umpire's permission, they are considered to have forfeited their wicket and are therefore
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player becomes injured or falls ill (or some other exceptional circumstance forces them to leave the field), and they receive permission from the
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and not retired. It is therefore possible for the innings to end despite the batting side only losing nine
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and are permitted to return to batting if they recover. In all other cases the batter is considered
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The only example in Test cricket of an opposing captain granting an exemption was for
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offers an exemption. These two types of retirement are considered differently in
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part in the match. As a mark of respect, he was recorded as "retired not out".
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of Bhutan retired out at the end of the 19th over. In the
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or unwell, in which case they can resume their innings.
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and may not return to the innings, unless the opposing
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List of unusual dismissals in international cricket
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