Editing Run out (section)

===Examples of being run out===
The most common run out is one where the two batters attempt to add a score by running but one of them is not quick enough to reach safe ground at their end. Attempting to score a run with a significant amount of risk of a run out is often described as a "quick single". In such quick singles, the difference between a run and a run out can be if the fielder is accurate enough to score a "direct hit" by throwing the ball into the stumps and dislodging the bails, rather than the slower method of relaying the ball to another field standing near the stumps who catches the ball then dislodges them. Highly accurate and quick throwing fielders were celebrated for their ability to both prevent runs and take wickets, with players like [[Ricky Ponting]], [[Jonty Rhodes]] and [[Andrew Symonds]] considered the benchmark in this area.

Breaking the wicket does not require the bails to be on the stumps, and as such it is possible for a team to attempt a run-out, knock the bails off, but have the batters attempt another run, at which point a fielder can effect the run out by grabbing the stump while holding the ball directly against the stump and pulling the stump out of the ground. There is no "[[double play]]" in Cricket as the ball is immediately dead when a wicket is taken. However there is also no requirement to immediately stop the play solely because a wicket may have been taken. This can lead to a situation where a team attempts a run-out at one end, then turns and throws the ball to the other. If the first appeal is an out, then the first batter is out. If the first appeal is not out then the second appeal can be adjudicated on as normal.

It is not required for the batters to be attempting a run for one of them to be run out. Batters often setup for a delivery with their entire body outside the crease. If they play a stroke but forget to retreat back into their crease a quick throw from a fielder can get them out. It is also possible for a non-striker to be run out if they step out of their crease during the delivery and the ball is hit back up the pitch and deflected off a fielder (commonly the bowler) into the wickets.

Accidental collisions between a batter and fielder do not confer an immunity to being run out to the batters. The umpires do have the ability under Law 41.5 (deliberate distraction, deception or obstruction of batter) to declare that a collision was deliberate and in that situation they can call a dead ball and potentially punish the fielding side or refer the fielder for discipline. Accidental collisions where a run out was attempted can see the captain of the fielding side choose to withdraw the appeal under Law 31.8 (withdrawal of an appeal) due to the [[Unspoken rule]] of "the Spirit of Cricket" where it has long been seen as unsporting to dismiss a batter for an accidental collision. During a 1996 international match a collision between South Africa's [[Fanie de Villiers]] and India's [[Sourav Ganguly]] occurred when the ball dropped at the feet of Ganguly, and the pair collided after both tried to step to the same side to avoid each other as de Villiers ran in to collect the ball. Ganguly got up quickly and continued to run but appeared to be short of his ground. After a brief deliberation the captain of South Africa [[Hansie Cronje]] withdrew the appeal.

Players can gain a reputation as being poor runners between the wickets, accumulating large amounts of run outs from bad decision making, or being known for running out their partner by calling to run then backtracking. [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] of Pakistan gained such a reputation over the course of his 50 over international career as he amassed 40 dismissals in this fashion, as well as causing numerous dismissals of his batting partner. Toward the end of his career he became the 2nd most dismissed batsman by run outs in one day international games.

Running between the wickets is the same for all players as long as no [[Runner (cricket)|runner]] is involved but players with less experience running due to a lack of time spent batting, such as the specialist bowlers at the [[Batting order (cricket)|tailend]] of an innings can become [[Choke_(sports)|confused or freeze]] instead of running. An experienced batting partner may try for overly risky plays that an inexperienced partner is unable to make. An example of a running mistake under pressure was in the [[1999 Cricket World Cup 2nd semi-final]] between Australia and South Africa. South Africa were batting and had drawn the scores level at 213 each with four balls remaining in the final over. South Africa needed to win as the tiebreaker would put Australia into the final. At the crease were the last wicket partnership of power hitting all-rounder [[Lance Klusener]], who had just smashed a pair of fours to level the scores, and the number 11 [[Allan Donald]] at the non-strikers end. On the 3rd ball of the over Donald strayed too far from the non-strikers and was almost run out when [[Darren Lehmann]] missed the stumps from a few meters away. On the 4th and soon to be final ball of the match Klusener once again hit the ball back down the pitch this time to [[Mark Waugh]]. Donald had turned back to the crease to avoid a repeat of the near-miss but Klusener charged down the pitch calling for Donald to run. Donald turned back around and in the process dropped his bat, leaving him well out of his crease had Waugh hit the stumps. Instead the ball flew past the stumps to [[Damien Fleming]], who calmly rolled the ball to the strikers end where [[Adam Gilchrist]] broke the wicket to dismiss Donald who was stuck watching in the middle of the wicket with no bat as Klusener ran off the pitch knowing he had just cost his team entry into the final where Australia won the tournament against Pakistan.

[[Donald Bradman]], the greatest cricket player of all time, was only ever run out once in his Test career, in the Adelaide Test of 1928/29 when [[Jack Hobbs]] ran him out. It was Bradman's third test match appearance.