What is leg-bye?

What is leg-bye?

A run scored from a ball (which is not a wide or no ball) that is deflected off some part of the striker’s body is a leg-bye. This is apart from his hand bolding the bat, when he is attempting either to hit the ball with the bat, or to avoid being hit by the ball. If these two conditions are not met, that is, if the umpire believes the batsman used his body on purpose to deflect the ball, then he should call ‘dead ball’ and no runs are allowed. Any runs coming as leg-byes are credited to the batting side as ‘extras’ but not to the individual batsman. The umpire signals a leg-bye to the scorers by lifting a leg, and touching the knee with his hand.