Handled The Ball Out

Rare dismissal in test cricket.

Handled the ball out.

There was serious controversy in the 79th minute of arsenal s fa cup win against london rivals chelsea with emiliano martinez appearing to handle the ball outside the box in a strange incident. On march 19 2001 steve waugh became only the sixth batsman in test history to be given out handled the ball. Once the referee decides that the goalie has illegally handled the ball outside the box the whistle blows and play stops. The striker is out handled the ball if except in the circumstances of 2 below in the act of playing a ball delivered by the bowler he wilfully strikes the ball with a hand.

Abhijit banare recalls the dismissal of the australian skipper in the historic. It dictated that either batsman can be given out if they intentionally touch the ball with a hand that is not holding their bat an exception was given if the batsman handled the ball to avoid. Ways of getting out. 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.

The referee places the ball at the spot of the infraction. Conversely a goalie who is standing completely outside the box may touch a ball that is inside the goal box area without penalty. In one day international cricket seven batsmen have been given out obstructing the field. Out handled the ball.

By coincidence endean was one of the few people to be given out handled the ball in a test match.