Editing Umpire (cricket) (section)

==== Four ====
[[File:Abridge CC v Hadley Wood Green Sports CC at Abridge, Essex, England. Lumix 10.jpg|thumb|150px|An umpire signalling a Four]]
If a batsman scores [[four (cricket)|four]] when they hit the ball across the boundary (not by actually running them), the umpire signals this by waving their arm back and forth in front of the chest. This signal varies a lot between umpires, from two short, restrained, waves finishing with the arm across the chest, to elaborate signals that resemble those of a conductor of an orchestra.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/rules/umpire_signals/newsid_3809000/3809911.stm|title=Four|date=2004-06-29|access-date=2018-06-02|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Whichever way the umpire signals a four they must, by law, finish with their arm across the chest (so as to avoid confusion about whether a No Ball was delivered as well).