Unusual dismissals in Test and One-Day International Cricket
Article: Shoaib Ahmed Pak
Sir Len Hutton, England v South Africa, The Oval, 1951 incident
England's batting celebrity Sir Len Hutton remains the only batsman in Test history to be given out for deliberately 'obstructing the field'. A ball from South Africa's Athol Rowan hit Hutton's bat handle and rose straight up in the air. The batsman swiped it away with the intention of preventing the ball from falling on to the wicket. The wicketkeeper Russell Endean was poised to take the catch and successfully appealed for obstruction.
Six season's after Hutton's 'obstructing the field' incident, South Africa's Russell Endean himself became the first batsman in Test annals to be given out for 'handling the ball' in January 1957 when he padded away a ball from England's Jim Laker. The delivery pitched outside the off-stump - and as it deflected upwards and towards the stumps - Endean palmed it away in the style of a hockey goalkeeper.
Pakistan bowler Sarfraz Nawaz, unsportingly appealed for a 'handled the ball' dismissal under the laws of the game and the umpire had to concede the appeal. This was an unsavoury incident. The batsman was merely performing an act of courtesy in handing back the ball. This sordid Hilditch/Sarfraz fracas was quite possibly in retaliation for an equally unsavoury incident earlier in the day in this same Test when Pakistani tail-ender Sikander Bakht was run out by the Aussie speedster Alan Hurst at the bowler's end whilst backing up too far - the fourth such instance in Test cricket.
The first deliberate non-striker running-out had taken place in December 1947 when Vinod Mankad ran out Bill Brown at the bowler's end when the Aussie opener backed up too far before the ball was delivered. Mankad had warned the same player a month earlier in a side game against an Australian XI on the same ground before actually delivering the ball. He threatened to run him out in earnest if he attempted to do so again. Mankad kept his word. This type of run-out is now often referred as "mankaded".
The two other instance of batsmen being run out by the bowler at the non-striker's end were in January 1969 when Windies fast man Charlie Griffith broke the wicket at his end with Ian Redpath left stranded outside the crease, and in February 1978 when Kiwi bowler Ewan Chatfield ran out Derek Randall with an under-arm throw before reaching his delivery stride and without prior warning.
In September 1982, Pakistan's Mohsin Khan played defensively to a ball from Aussie speed merchant Geoff Lawson and knocked it away with his hand when it rebounded towards his stumps.
Sir Len Hutton Eng v SA at The Oval Scorecard
Handling-the-Ball in Test Cricket
WR Endean SA v Eng at Cape Town Scorecard AMJ Hilditch Aus v Pak at Perth Scorecard Mohsin Khan Pak v Aus at Karachi Scorecard DL Haynes WI v Ind at Bombay Scorecard GA Gooch Eng v Aus at Manchester Scorecard SR Waugh Aus v Ind at Chennai Scorecard MP Vaughan Eng v Ind at Bangalore Scorecard
Run-Out by the Bowler in Test Cricket (while backing up before the ball had been bowled)
WA Brown (MH Mankad) Aus v Ind at Sydney Scorecard IR Redpath (CC Griffith) Aus v WI at Adelaide Scorecard DW Randall (EJ Chatfield) Eng v NZ at Christchurch Scorecard Sikander Bakht (AG Hurst) Pak v Aus at Perth Scorecard
Obstructing the Field in One-Day International Cricket (deliberately preventing a run-out)
Rameez Raja Eng v Pak at Karachi Scorecard Mohinder Amarnath Ind v SL at Ahmedabad Scorecard
Handling-the-Ball in One-Day International Cricket
Mohinder Amarnath Ind v Aus at Melbourne Scorecard
Run-Out by the Bowler in One-Day International Cricket (while backing up before the ball had been bowled)
PN Kirsten (Kapil Dev) Ind v RSA at Port Elizabeth Scorecard GW Flower (Dipak Patel) NZ v Zim at Harare Scorecard