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 [[File:Uncrossed2.png|thumb|left]]And at that point, Ben Stokes and Adil Rashid  had not passed each other (“crossed”), as this picture demonstrates.
-Now there is a kicker, because, having only scored one conventional run, the batsmen should have returned to where they started that run, leaving Rashid to face the next ball, with Stokes at the non-striker’s end: “Law {{lordsprov|18.12.2}} If, while a run is in progress, the ball becomes dead for any reason other than the dismissal of a batsman, the batsmen shall return to the wickets they had left, but only if they had not already crossed in running when the ball became dead.” (Note that the “moment the ball became dead” was, under rule {{lordsprov|19.2}}, “the instant of the throw or act.”
+Now there is a kicker, because, having only scored one conventional run, the batsmen should have returned to where they started that run, leaving Rashid to face the next ball, with Stokes at the non-striker’s end: “Law {{lordsprov|18.12.2}} If, while a run is in progress, the ball becomes dead for any reason other than the dismissal of a batsman, the batsmen shall return to the wickets they had left, but only if they had not already crossed in running when the ball became dead.” (Note that the “moment the ball became dead” was, under rule {{lordsprov|19.8}}, “the instant of the throw or act.”
 So Adil Rashid should have been required to face the final two balls, and obliged to score four, not three, runs to win.