lines drawn on the ground just in front of each wicket. Any time the two swap grounds, one run is scored. There is no limit on the number of runs that can be scored off a single delivery in this way, so long as neither batter gets out. Running counter-clockwise around the bases while making contact with each one with one's body counts as a run in baseball. A single player from the batting team can only score one run from each of their turns at bat by doing this. When a player of the batting team is legally allowed to run in the attempt of scoring: In baseball, a batter must remain within the batter's box, and may not advance around the bases on a live ball, unless they have either hit a fair ball, or the catcher has failed to cleanly catch the third strike of their at-bat. Runners may advance anytime during a live ball, even before the pitcher has pitched. In cricket, the batsmen may run at any time after the ball in play has been bowled, regardless of whether or where to the ball was struck by one of them. The striking batsman may also bat out of his ground in a bid to shorten the distance they must run to score the first run, and the nonstriking batsman may begin running before the ball has been bowled. Running plays a much larger role in baseball because of the low scoring; also, players on the batting team must run much further to score a run, because runners may remain in play (that is, on the bases) without scoring, and because baserunners can advance to the next base before the ball is hit again (steal the base) as soon as the ball is live. Base stealing often requires sliding, in which the runner throws himself to the ground to avoid being tagged or over-running the base. The runner may also deliberately slide into the fielder at the base he is trying to steal to keep him from catching the ball or to disrupt a double play. At home plate the runner often will simply, and legally, run into a catcher who is blocking the baseline but who does not have the ball (a defensive player may not impede the runner unless he has the ball or is in the process of catching it). The equivalent in