Dismissals in International Cricket
Len Hutton is the only man given out this way in Test cricket, for an incident that occurred at The Oval during the fifth test of South Africa's tour of England in 1951.
In One Day Internationals, Rameez Raja (for Pakistan against England at Karachi in 1987) was given out for hitting the ball away with his bat to avoid being run out going for his century off the last ball of the innings, and Mohinder Amarnath (for India against Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad in 1989) was given out for kicking the ball away to avoid being run out. The most recent batsman to be given out this way is Inzamam-ul-Haq of Pakistan in the first ODI of India vs Pakistan Hutch Cup on 6 February 2006. After Inzamam drove the ball to mid off, Indian Suresh Raina threw it back to the striker's end, Inzamam stopping it with his bat. Umpire Simon Taufel gave him out as he was in the line of the stumps and out of his crease (and thus would have been run out had the ball hit the stumps).
The complete list of batsmen given out 'Obstructing the field' in One Day Internationals is:
| One Day International dismissals obstructed the field | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Batsman | Country | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 1 | Rameez Raja | Pakistan | England | Lahore, Pakistan | November 1987 |
| 2 | Mohinder Amarnath | India | Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad, India | October 1989 |
| 3 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | India | Peshawar, Pakistan | 6 February 2006 |
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