# Basketball: Ball went in twice on one throw

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**Created:** [September 14, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-ball-went-in-twice-on-one-throw/990124 "2023-09-14T22:00:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-ball-went-in-twice-on-one-throw/990124/21 "2023-09-15T12:46:27Z")

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> [@Stanislaus](#):
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> So we’re probably at the point where this could be a separate thread,

And methinks the appropriate thread is: [International cricket rolling thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205) where the self-appointed SDMB cricket tragics will field/debate whatever query you may have on the game.

The other impact on the observed play are the fielding restrictions.

The standard in domestic and international Twenty20 cricket is for **no more than two** fielders to be allowed outside the 30-yard circle for the first six overs of an innings. From the seventh over, **no more than five** fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard circle.

But they are 30 yards away from the bat. At international or first class level, hell even at club level if a ball was hit in the air within reach of a fielder that distance away you’d expect the catch to be taken.

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