• Obstructing the field is one of the ten methods of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. Either batsman can be given out if he wilfully attempts...
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    the ball twice, obstructing the field, retired out and timed out. These are regarded by analysts as unusual ways of dismissals in cricket, where the bowler...
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    handled the ball/obstructing the field, and timed out. As it is possible to dismiss the non-striker, and possible to dismiss the striker from a wide...
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    Raja knocked the ball away with his bat and was given out for "obstructing the field". He was recalled to the Pakistan squad and played in the 1996 Cricket...
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  • the batter cannot be dismissed by any methods other than those applicable for a no-ball, namely run out, hit the ball twice and obstructing the field...
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  • 10 inches (1.17 m) before the bowling crease; various means of "it is out" are included; hitting the ball twice and obstructing the field are emphatically out...
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    hit the ball twice, obstructing the field, and timed out (a batter failing to enter the field in a timely manner). The Laws state that the fielding team...
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  • taken (in which case they would be out obstructing the field). The bowler does not get credit for the wicket. For the sole purpose of guarding his/her wicket...
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    Handled the ball was formerly one of the methods of dismissing a batter in the sport of cricket, but was integrated into the Law on obstructing the field when...
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    Mushfiqur Rahim (category Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World Cup)
    Gets Out Obstructing The Field. Bangladesh Vs New Zealand 2023". Wisden. Retrieved 4 April 2025. "Mushfiqur given out for obstructing field". BBC Sport...
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  • Obstruction (redirect from Obstructing)
    fielder illegally hinders a baserunner Obstructing the field The Five Obstructions, a 2003 film USS Obstructor, an American minelayer ship used in World...
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    During the second ODI match of the series against Australia, Stokes was given out obstructing the field. He became only the sixth batsman to be given out...
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    liable to be run out or stumped. The runner is also subject to other laws such as obstructing the field. In June 2011, the International Cricket Council...
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  • out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit. Bowling figures refers to the number...
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    Yusuf Pathan (category Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup)
    batsman to be given out for obstructing the field in Twenty20 cricket while playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2013 against Pune Warriors...
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  • given out in a List A match by obstructing the field. On 2 November 2018, in Saurashtra's match against Chhattisgarh in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, he scored...
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    Mohinder Amarnath (category Wisden Cricketers of the Year)
    is the only International Cricketer in the world to be given out both for handling the ball and obstructing the field in his career He displayed the unique...
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    Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used...
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    Australia during England's 2018 tour). Roy was the first batter to be given out for obstructing the field in T20Is. Having moved to England along with his...
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    shots to gently nudge the ball into vacant areas of the field. Obstructing the field An extremely rare method of dismissal. The batter is given out if...
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  • constitute the five conventional methods, but still much more common than the other four (timed out, obstructing the field, retired out and hit the ball twice)...
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  • appeal be given out obstructing the field. Leg byes may only be scored if the ball hits the batter who was: attempting to hit the ball with his bat, or...
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    out, hitting the ball twice or obstructing the field. The following fielding restrictions apply: No more than five fielders can be on the leg side at any...
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    in order to make throws to the non-striker's end easier to hit with. One of the only two instances of a obstructing the field dismissal in Test cricket...
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    batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit. Australian...
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    obstructing players is not permitted. Some of the tactics used resemble football (soccer), but with greater ball speed. With the 2009 changes to the rules...
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  • Baseball and cricket are the best-known members of a family of related bat-and-ball games. Both have fields that are 400 feet (120 m) or more in diameter...
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  • of chivalry in Iceland Obstructing the field, an infringement in cricket Only the Family, an American hip-hop collective and the associated record label...
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  • out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit. Bowling figures refers to the number...
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  • the first player in Twenty20 cricket to be dismissed for obstructing the field.[citation needed] Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field....
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