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Handled the ball dismissals.
As of september 2017 there have been twenty two instances of players being dismissed unusually in international cricket.
Michael vaughan pictured above was the last batsmen to be dismissed handled the ball in test cricket against india at bangalore in 2001.
Kent batsman sean dickson wrote himself into first class cricket history on sunday after becoming the 62nd player to be dismissed handled the ball.
It was governed by law 33 of the 2000 edition of the laws and was a rare way for a batsman to.
Handled the ball was formerly one of the methods of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket but was integrated into the law on obstructing the field when the laws of cricket were rewritten in 2017.
In most cases an obstruction occurs when a batsman thinks that he is going to be run out and he blocks the ball with his bat or changes his course while running between wickets to block the ball.
There are unfortunate ways to get out in cricket and then there s handled the ball instances when the batsmen involuntarily take matter into their own hands quite literally while the ball s still in play.
Records includes the following current or recent matches.
Batsmen train vigorously for years to be able to play fast balls which come to them at 140 or 150 kmph but when it wobbles and comes at less than 50 their mi.
Interestingly it was endean himself who made the successful appeal that led to hutton s dismissal.
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.
However there have also been seven instances in test cricket and two in odis where a batsman has been dismissed handled the ball a mode of dismissal now folded into obstructing the field.
It s a rarity of the 148 062 dismissals in international cricket till date only ten have been in this fashion.
An exception was given if the batsman handled the ball to avoid injury.
Ten in test cricket nine in one day internationals odis one in twenty20 internationals t20is and two in women s one day international cricket.
It dictated that either batsman can be given out if they intentionally touch the ball with a hand that is not holding their bat.
