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I`m wondering if the ref would call a foul, if you touch one of the colours while placing the cue ball in the `D` after an In-off?
The table is `Live` in normal play, but is it `Dead` when you have cue ball in hand?

Just a thought.

`Z`

Hi,

This is not a simple yes/no question. This is the relevant part of the official rules (Section 3 Rule 10 paragraph (j)):

If an object ball in play is disturbed by the striker
while the cue-ball is in-hand, the referee shall call
FOUL and the cue-ball will remain in-hand for the
next stroke, unless the foul is committed involving
the cue-ball while it is not in the striker’s possession.

In my understanding, if the white ball is resting on the table when the foul is committed, the white ball will not be in-hand for the next player. Obviously, if the white ball is in the player's hand when another ball is disturbed, the white ball will be in-hand for the next player, too.

That clears that up.
TY Csaba.