List of unusual dismissals in international cricket

Mohinder Amarnath
Mohinder Amarnath (pictured in 2012) is the only player to be dismissed for both handling the ball and obstructing the field in international cricket.[1]

In cricket, a player is said to be dismissed when they lose their wicket. At this point, the batsman must discontinue batting and leave the field permanently. A batsman can be dismissed in a number of ways, the most common being bowled, caught, leg before wicket (LBW), stumped, run out and hit wicket. Much rarer are hit the ball twice, handled the ball, obstructing the field, retired out and timed out.[lower-alpha 1] These are regarded by analysts as unusual ways of dismissals in cricket, where the bowler is denied any credit.[lower-alpha 2][4][5]

As of April 2015, there have been 10 instances of players being dismissed unusually in Test cricket. England batsman Leonard Hutton was the first player to be dismissed for obstructing the field, while playing against South Africa in August 1951.[6][lower-alpha 3] Between January 1957 and March 2001, six different players were dismissed for handling the ball, the most common form of an unusual dismissal.[7] Sri Lanka cricketers Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene are the only Test players to be dismissed retired out, when playing against Bangladesh in 2001. Sri Lanka's captain, Sanath Jayasuriya, received strong criticism for the team's act.[8][9] Michael Vaughan is the most recent cricketer to be dismissed in an unusual fashion when he was given out for handling the ball, against India in December 2001.

In One Day International (ODIs), six different players have been dismissed on seven occasions in this manner. The first such occasion was when India's Mohinder Amarnath was given out for handling the ball, against Australia in February 1986. The following year, Pakistan cricketer Rameez Raja became the first player to be given out for obstructing the field in ODIs. In 1989, Amarnath was dismissed in the same fashion, while playing in a match against Sri Lanka, thus becoming the first player to be dismissed in two different unusual methods.[6] Obstructing the field has been the most common method of an unusual dismissal in ODIs, happening in five of the seven occasions. England's Ben Stokes is the most recent cricketer to be dismissed in an unusual way, when he was given out for obstructing the field in a match against Australia in September 2015.[10] In Twenty20 Internationals, there have been no such instances of a player being dismissed unusually as of April 2015.[11] In international Women's cricket, the only instance of an unusual dismissal came in a One Day International match between Sri Lanka and the West Indies in April 2010.[12] Sri Lanka wicket-keeper Dilani Manodara was retired out due to her slow scoring rate in her team's first innings, having taken 70 minutes and 39 balls to score 8 runs.[13]

Test cricket

No. Player Dismissal Runs Team Opposition Venue Date Result
1 Hutton, LeonardLeonard Hutton Obstructing the field 27  England  South Africa The Oval, London, England 16 August 1951 Won[14]
2 Endean, RussellRussell Endean Handled the ball 3  South Africa  England Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa 1 January 1957 Lost[15]
3 Hilditch, AndrewAndrew Hilditch Handled the ball 29  Australia  Pakistan W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, Australia 24 March 1979 Won[16]
4 Khan, MohsinMohsin Khan Handled the ball 58  Pakistan  Australia National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 22 September 1982 Won[17]
5 Haynes, DesmondDesmond Haynes Handled the ball 55  West Indies  India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 24 November 1983 Drawn[18]
6 Gooch, GrahamGraham Gooch Handled the ball 133  England  Australia Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England 3 June 1993 Lost[19]
7 Waugh, SteveSteve Waugh Handled the ball 47  Australia  India M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 18 March 2001 Lost[20]
8 Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu Retired out 201  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 6 September 2001 Won[21]
9 Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene Retired out 150  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 6 September 2001 Won[21]
10 Vaughan, MichaelMichael Vaughan Handled the ball 64  England  India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India 19 December 2001 Drawn[22]

ODI cricket

No. Player Dismissal Runs Team Opposition Venue Date Result
1 Amarnath, MohinderMohinder Amarnath Handled the ball 27  India  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 9 February 1986 Lost[23]
2 Raja, RameezRameez Raja Obstructing the field 99  Pakistan  England National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 20 November 1988 Lost[24]
3 Amarnath, MohinderMohinder Amarnath Obstructing the field 28  India  Sri Lanka Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad, India 22 October 1989 Won[25]
4 Cullinan, DaryllDaryll Cullinan Handled the ball 46  South Africa  West Indies Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa 27 January 1999 Won[26]
5 ul-Haq, InzamamInzamam ul-Haq Obstructing the field 16  Pakistan  India Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan 6 February 2006 Won[27]
6 Hafeez, MohammedMohammed Hafeez Obstructing the field 0  Pakistan  South Africa Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa 21 March 2013 Won[28]
7 Ali, AnwarAnwar Ali Obstructing the field 0  Pakistan  South Africa St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 27 November 2013 Won[29]
8 Stokes, BenBen Stokes Obstructing the field 10  England  Australia Lord's, London, England 5 September 2015 Lost[30]

Women's ODI cricket

No. Player Dismissal Runs Team Opposition Venue Date Result
1 Manodara, DilaniDilani Manodara Retired out 8  Sri Lanka  West Indies St Paul's Sports Complex, Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis 18 April 2010 Lost[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ As of April 2015, no player has been dismissed in the "Timed out" fashion in international cricket.[2]
  2. ↑ A bowler gets credit for all usual dismissals except run out.[3]
  3. ↑ As of April 2015, he remains the only player to be dismissed in this mode in Test cricket.

References

  1. ↑ Monga, Sidharth (26 February 2012). "David Hussey in handling-the-ball incident". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Premachandran, Dileep (5 January 2007). "Out of sight, out of time". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Oslear, Don (2010). Wisden's The Laws Of Cricket. Ebury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4464-0671-7.
  4. ↑ Rundell, Michael (2009). Wisden Dictionary of Cricket. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-1-4081-0161-2.
  5. ↑ O'Sullivan, David; McCallum, Kevin (2012). The Extraordinary Book of SA Cricket. Penguin Books. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-0-14-352789-3.
  6. 1 2 Ahmed, M. Shoaib. "Unusual dismissals in Test and One-Day International Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Unusual dismissals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Austin, Charlie. "Sri Lanka v Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Lanka ‘ridicule’ cricket". The Tribune. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Unusual dismissals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records / Unusual dismissals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Unusual dismissals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Sri Lanka Women tour of West Indies, 1st ODI: West Indies Women v Sri Lanka Women at Basseterre, Apr 18, 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "5th Test: England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 16–18, 1951 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "2nd Test: South Africa v England at Cape Town, Jan 1–5, 1957 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Perth, Mar 24–29, 1979 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "1st Test: Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, Sep 22–27, 1982 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "4th Test: India v West Indies at Mumbai, Nov 24–29, 1983 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "1st Test: England v Australia at Manchester, Jun 3–7, 1993 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "3rd Test: India v Australia at Chennai, Mar 18–22, 2001 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  21. 1 2 "2nd Match: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), Sep 6–8, 2001 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "3rd Test: India v England at Bangalore, Dec 19–23, 2001 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "2nd Final: Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 9, 1986 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  24. ↑ "2nd ODI: Pakistan v England at Karachi, Nov 20, 1987 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  25. ↑ "6th Match: India v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, Oct 22, 1989 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  26. ↑ "3rd ODI: South Africa v West Indies at Durban, Jan 27, 1999 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  27. ↑ "1st ODI: Pakistan v India at Peshawar, Feb 6, 2006 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  28. ↑ "4th ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, Mar 21, 2013 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  29. ↑ "2nd ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Port Elizabeth, Nov 27, 2013 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  30. ↑ "2nd ODI: England v Australia at Lord's, Sept 5, 2015 – Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

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