Editing Mercy rule (section)

==Cricket==

[[Cricket]] does not have any rules that terminate a game early based on one team's lead, since in most competitions, teams aim to win as big as possible in order to improve their [[net run rate]], which helps them qualify if they tie with another team for the playoffs. However, [[first-class cricket]] has the [[follow-on]] rule, which allows the team that bats first, if they lead by a specified run margin after their opponents' first innings, to require the opposing team to bat their second innings next. The first team may still have a second innings if their opponents' combined innings' scores surpass their first innings' score. Also, the rules allow a [[Declaration (cricket)|declaration]] to be called by a team during their innings to end the innings before ten wickets have fallen (10 outs). Either action can be taken if a team believes it would help them more quickly complete the conditions necessary to win within the time limit (up to five days).