In the sport of cricket, an extra (sometimes called a sundry) is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball.
Other than runs scored off the bat from a no ball, a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score. A game with many extras is often considered as untidy bowling; conversely, a game having few extras is seen as tidy bowling.
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