In cricket, a penalty run is a run awarded to one team for various breaches of the Laws by the other team, generally related to unfair play or player conduct. It is a type of extra. Many of these penalties have been added since 2000. Penalties are awarded under Law 41 for Unfair Play [1] and, since 2017 under Law 42 for Players' Conduct [2]
It has been suggested that penalty runs could be imposed for slow over rates.[3]
- ^ "Law 41 - Unfair Play".
- ^ "Law 42 - Players' Conduct". Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "World Cricket Committee endorses run penalties to keep over-rates in check". Wisden. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
"The committee feels that in-match five-run penalties would be the best deterrent to slow over rates," a statement said.