Handled The Ball In Test Cricket

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Handled the ball in test cricket.

Before knowing about those incidents let us know the rule on handled the ball. England australia old trafford. Out handled the ball a either batsman is out handled the ball if he wilfully touches the ball while in play with a hand or hands not holding the bat unless he does so with the consent of a fielder b either batsman is out under this law if while the ball is in play and without the consent of a fielder he uses his hand or hands not holding. As of september 2017 there have been twenty two instances of players being dismissed unusually in international cricket.

Kent batsman sean dickson wrote himself into first class cricket history on sunday after becoming the 62nd player to be dismissed handled the ball. Handled the ball rule comes under the law 33 of the laws of cricket which is governed by the marylebone cricket club or the mcc. There are only nine such incidents in test cricket and only two such dismissals have occurred. Handled the ball gooch was given out handled the ball against australia in 1993 if a batsman is worried the ball will roll back on to the stumps after playing a shot they can knock the ball away with the bat feet or pads.

The first occasion of a batsman being given out handled the ball in international cricket occurred during a test match between south africa and england in cape town in 1957. Handled ball waugh s r. Ten in test cricket nine in one day internationals odis one in twenty20 internationals t20is and two in. West indies india wankhede stadium.

Updates to the laws made by the mcc have scrapped the rarely used handled the ball law bringing the total number of official modes of dismissal down from 10 to nine. Australia india ma chidambaram stadium. Handled ball haynes d l. Michael vaughan pictured above was the last batsmen to be dismissed handled the ball in test cricket against india at bangalore in 2001.

The england and wales cricket board ecb announced the lord s test against bangladesh in 2010 would be played under lights with a pink ball in use but their plans were scuppered when the two. Handled ball vaughan m p. Handled ball gooch g a. Cricket rules law 33 handled the ball.