The rules of using a runner for an injured batsman
The rules of using a runner for an injured batsman Runners, if a batsman sustains an injury during the match, he or she is allowed at the umpire's discretion to select a runner. Another member of the batting team to do their running between the wickets, the runner should, if possible, be someone who has already batted. The runner must also wear external protective equipment equivalent to that worn by the batsman for whom he or she runs and must carry a bat when the injured batsman is the striker. Normally the runner stands at square leg and the umpire moves to the offside. If the batsman wants to take a run, the runner and the non-striking do the running. When the injured batsman is the non striker, he or she has to go and stand at square leg while the runner takes the normal position at the non strikers end. To all intents and purposes, the runner will now be regarded as the batsman he or she is running for. They are to become one, and any transgressions of the laws that the runn...