In international cricket, Mathews became the first batter to be timed out. The CyberWolf examines past first-class cricket incidents as well as the story of Ganguly, who was almost out of the game because VVS Laxman enjoyed taking showers. Kind of.
The MCC time out statute is as follows: Law 40.1.1 When a wicket falls or a batsman retires, the next batter must be ready to take the ball or, if Time has not been called, the next batter must be ready to receive the next ball within two minutes of the previous batter being dismissed or retiring. The batter who enters will be timed out if this condition is not satisfied.
The 1980 code included the timed-out as a dismissal mechanism for the laws. Although the playing criteria for this World Cup gave the entering batsman only two minutes, the 2000 code altered it to three minutes.In 1775, the cricket laws were printed for the first time, requiring umpires to let players “two minutes to come in when one is out.” Here are a few past first-class cricket episodes to enjoy.
In first-class cricket, who was the first batsman to be timed out?
Andrew Jordan of South Africa was deemed timed out retroactively almost 15 years after the incident. Jordan of the Eastern Province defeated Transvaal overnight in a 1987 domestic match played in Port Elizabeth. However, due to the streets being flooded after significant rain, he was unable to reach the ground in time the next day. Timed out was declared for him. During the apartheid era, the South African board hosted this game for players who weren’t white. Additionally, it was acknowledged as a first-class game in retrospect at the beginning of the 2000s following the end of the apartheid regime. Jordan was also noted as “Timed-out.”
This is remarkable in every way, down to Harold Heygate’s inclusion in Sussex’s playing eleven. Sussex had just ten players on the morning of the 1919 match, but they talked their previous player, Heygate (who was 34 years old), into participating. Heygate hadn’t bowled or batted in the game till then due to rheumatism, a condition he had acquired in the trenches during World War I.
Laxman in the bath, Ganguly in the soup, and Tendulkar averted
Laxman in the bath, Ganguly in the soup, and Tendulkar averted Steve Waugh is aware that Ganguly is frequently late. But even though he was six minutes late, why was he allowed to bat?
Sourav Ganguly’s Race Against Time: The Cape Town Test Shuffle
During the 2007 Test match in Cape Town, Ganguly was unexpectedly told he had to bat during India’s second innings as they attempted to set South Africa a target. The umpires disallowed usual No. 4 Sachin Tendulkar from batting because of his time off the field on day three, when South Africa was batting, even though the openers had fallen by the second ball of the second over. Tendulkar cannot bat till 10:48 a.m., according to fourth umpire Murray Brown, who called the fall of Wasim Jaffer at 10:43 a.m.
Unsurprisingly, VVS Laxman was the next guy in the batting order, but he was in the shower. He took VVS and enjoyed his baths. Ganguly made every effort to change out of his tracksuit as soon as possible and into batting gear, but additional minutes passed. Harper gave South Africa’s captain, Graeme Smith, an explanation of the circumstances, and Smith graciously let Ganguly accompany Rahul Dravid. Despite being the second-highest scorer for India (46 from 89 balls), Ganguly’s team was dismissed for 169 runs. And it would be a victory for South Africa.
Angelo Mathews’ helmet does him in
Angelo Mathews, a seasoned batsman from Sri Lanka, came to the wicket when Sadeera Samarawickrama fell in the 25th over. He reached the middle in the allotted two minutes, but he was not prepared to take a swing at the ball as he kept adjusting his helmet, which could have had a loose strap.
Following an appeal by the Bangladeshi players, umpire Marais Erasmus dismissed Mathews. For a while, Mathews attempted to convince everyone that there was an issue with his helmet, but in vain. Without looking at the ball, the former captain of Sri Lanka stormed off, tossing his helmet at the advertising hoardings as soon as he passed the boundary.
For the sake of documentation, Mathews was declared timed out at 3:54 pm, having not yet bowled a ball, while Samarawickrama was removed at 3:49 pm.