IPL runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore were in a knockout game with the Otago volts.Both teams having lost,their first game against South Africa's Cape Cobras,needed to win this game to qualify.RCB batted first,and played superbly to set a target of 189 in 20 overs.Jacques Kallis was the top scorer with 73* off 59 balls.Robin Uthappa made a fluent 31-ball 42.However,the major momentum providers were Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli.Kohli made 32 off 19 balls,while Taylor smashed 32 off just 11,hitting 25 runs off the last over.RCB looked determined to secure their berth for the next stage.
Otago Volts lost the all important wicket of Brendon McCullum early to Kallis.Kallis,continued his awesome form with the ball,taking 3/18 in his 4 overs.He took the top 3 batsmen and the pressure was straight away on the Otago batsmen.Nobody made a major contribution,and so Otago never came close to challenging Bangalore.They were allout for 108 in the 18th over,giving RCB a win by 80 runs.
Definition
ReplyDeleteLaw 33 of the Laws of cricket provides that:
"Either batsman is out Handled the ball if he wilfully touches the ball while in play with a hand or hands not holding the bat unless he does so with the consent of the opposing side."
A batsman is not out 'handled the ball' if:
(i) He handles the ball in order to avoid injury; OR (ii) He uses his hand or hands to return the ball to any member of the fielding side with the consent of that side.
Though a batsman is out 'obstructing the field' if he uses his hand or hands to return the ball to any member of the fielding side without the consent of that side when the ball is still in play.
This method of dismissal was recorded in the first laws that were published, in 1774. Law 3 included the words "If the Striker touches or takes up the Ball before she is lain quite still, unless asked by the Bowler or Wicket-keeper, it's out".
[edit] Other provisions of Law 33
If either batsman is out 'handled the ball', any runs completed before the offence, together with any penalty extras and the penalty for a No ball or Wide are still scored.
The bowler does not get credit for the wicket.
[edit] Unusual dismissal
It is very unusual for a batsman to get out 'handled the ball' - there is little opportunity for a batsman to handle it at any stage. When it has happened, it is usually because the batsman has unthinkingly swept the ball away from his stumps whilst trying to protect his wicket. This happened to Russell Endean, Mohsin Khan, Desmond Haynes, Graham Gooch and Steve Waugh.
More controversially, England batsman Michael Vaughan was given out in Bangalore against India in 2001 when he inexplicably picked up the moving ball that was going nowhere near his stumps. This was quite controversial, since Vaughan seemed to be picking the ball up just to pass it back to the Indians, although the ball was still moving at the time and he smothered it into the ground, stopping it. To some observers[who?], it is unclear why he wasn't given out Obstructing the field.
Australian Andrew Hilditch's handled the ball dismissal against Pakistan was even more controversial than Vaughan's. At Perth in 1979, Pakistani batsman Sikander Bakht had been Mankaded by Alan Hurst earlier in the same day to end the Pakistan second innings. Whilst at the non-striker's end, Hilditch interrupted a throw from mid-on and passed the ball to the bowler Sarfraz Nawaz, who appealed. Strictly speaking, Hilditch had broken the law and the umpire was correct to rule him out. But the appeal was against the spirit of cricket and viewed as gamesmanship. It is the only handled the ball dismissal to occur at the non-striker's end.
[edit] List of batsmen dismissed 'handled the ball'
The complete list of batsmen given out 'handled the ball' in Test matches and One Day Internationals is:
Test match dismissals handled the ball
No Batsman Country Opposition Venue Date
1 Russell Endean South Africa England Cape Town, South Africa 5 January 1957
2 Andrew Hilditch Australia Pakistan Perth, Australia 29 March 1979
3 Mohsin Khan Pakistan Australia Karachi, Pakistan 23 September 1982
4 Desmond Haynes West Indies India Mumbai, India 27 November 1983
5 Graham Gooch England Australia Manchester, England 7 June 1993
6 Steve Waugh Australia India Chennai India 19 March 2001
7 Michael Vaughan England India Bangalore, India 19 December 2001
One-day international dismissals handled the ball
No Batsman Country Opposition Venue Date
1 Mohinder Amarnath India Australia Melbourne, Australia 9 February 1986
2 Daryll Cullinan South Africa West Indies Durban, South Africa 27 January 1999