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 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, obstructing the field, retired out and timed out. These are regarded by analysts as unusual ways of dismissals in cricket, where the bowler is denied any credit.[a][3][4] Handled the ball was a previously a separate method of dismissal, now incorporated into obstructing the field. As of November 2023, there have been twenty-eight instances of players being dismissed unusually in international cricket: ten in Test cricket, twelve in One Day Internationals (ODIs), four in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and two in Women's One Day International cricket.

  1. ^ Monga, Sidharth (26 February 2012). "David Hussey in handling-the-ball incident". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. ^ Oslear, Don (2010). Wisden's The Laws Of Cricket. Ebury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4464-0671-7. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017.
  3. ^ Rundell, Michael (2009). Wisden Dictionary of Cricket. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-1-4081-0161-2. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017.
  4. ^ O'Sullivan, David; McCallum, Kevin (2012). The Extraordinary Book of SA Cricket. Penguin Books. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-0-14-352789-3. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017.


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