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{{Short description|Term in cricket}}
[[File:Cricketer bowled.jpg|thumb|A batter is dismissed by being bowled]]
In [[cricket]], the term '''bowled''' has several meanings. First, it is the act of [[throwing|propelling]] the [[cricket ball|ball]] towards the [[wicket]] defended by a [[Batting (cricket)|batter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/698535 |title=Shane Warne's 'Ball of the Century' turns 25 |publisher=ICC |access-date=23 April 2019 |quote=On 4 June 1993, the legendary Australia leg-spinner bowled the iconic delivery to England's Mike Gatting to leave the cricketing world in disbelief.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/37628027 |title=Phillip Hughes inquest: Bowler Sean Abbott 'confused and upset' after death |work=BBC Sport |access-date=23 April 2019 |quote=Sean Abbott felt "confused and upset" after he bowled the ball}}</ref>

Second, it is a method of [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissing]] a [[Batting (cricket)|batter]], by [[Wicket#Putting down a wicket|hitting]] the wicket with a [[Cricket ball|ball]] delivered by the bowler. (The term [[Glossary of cricket terms#bowled out|"bowled out"]] is sometimes used instead.)

Third, it is used in [[Scoring (cricket)#Detailed scoring|scoring]] to indicate which bowler is credited with dismissing a [[Batting (cricket)|batter]], when the batter is dismissed by being bowled, [[leg before wicket]] (LBW), [[caught]], [[stumped]], or [[hit wicket]].

==Delivery of a ball==
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==Dismissal of a batter==
[[File:2017–18 WNCL NSWB v ACTM 17-11-26 Carey (01).jpg|thumb|[[New South Wales Breakers|NSW Breakers]] all-rounder [[Nicola Carey]] is bowled. Note the ball, and the flying [[Bail (cricket)|bails]], one of which has broken into two pieces.]]
This method of dismissal is covered by Law 32 (Bowled) of the ''[[Laws of Cricket]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-32-bowled/ |title=Law 32 – Bowled |publisher=MCC |access-date=29 September 2017}}</ref>

A batter is out Bowled if their [[wicket]] is [[Wicket#Putting down a wicket|put down]] by a [[Cricket ball|ball]] delivered by the bowler. It is irrelevant whether the ball has touched the bat, glove, or any part of the batter before going on to put down the wicket, though it may not touch another player or an umpire before doing so. Such rules mean that out Bowled is the most obvious of dismissals: almost never requiring an [[appeal (cricket)|appeal]] to the umpire; a bowled batter will usually acknowledge the dismissal voluntarily.

If the delivered ball deflects off the bat, and bowls the batter, then the informal term is known as ''played on'', ''knocked on'', ''chopped on'', or ''dragged on''. If the wicket is put down without the batter making any contact with the ball, then it is known as ''clean bowled'', with variations of this being ''bowled through the gate'', where the ball travels between the bat and pad, or ''bowled around the legs'', where the ball goes behind (to the [[leg side]] of) the batter and hits the stumps.

A batter cannot be bowled from a [[no-ball]], [[wide (cricket)|wide]] or [[dead ball (cricket)|dead ball]].

A batter is out Bowled even if he/she could be given out by another method of dismissal instead.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/bowled |title=Law 32.2 – Bowled to take precedence |publisher=MCC |access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref> For example, if a batter edges the ball onto the stumps (such that the [[Bail (cricket)|bails]] are removed) and the ball is then caught by a fielder, the batter would be given out Bowled instead of caught.

Out Bowled is the second most common method of dismissal after [[caught]], accounting for 21.4% of all [[Test cricket|Test match]] dismissals between 1877 and 2012.<ref name="ESPN622519">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/622519.html|title=Analysing Test dismissals across the ages|work=espncricinfo.com}}</ref>

The bowler is credited with the wicket if the batter is bowled.

[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] holds the Test record for dismissing most batters (167) through the method of out Bowled.<ref name="ESPN1">{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283464.html |title=Most wickets taken bowled |website=espncricinfo.com |language=en|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>

==Scoring==
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For example, a scorecard may say that a batter was 'c Smith b Jones', which reads as 'caught Smith, bowled Jones', and means he was out caught by Smith, when the bowler was Jones.

Or it might say 'lbw b Jones', which reads as 'lbw bowled Jones', and means he was out LBW when the bowler was Jones.

==References==
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{{Methods of dismissal in cricket}}

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