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Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews was timed out in a first for international cricket during the World Cup clash against Bangladesh in Delhi on Monday (November 6).
The player was unhappy with the strap on his helmet, and not ready to face his first delivery after coming in at No 6 for Sri Lanka during the match.
According to the men’s cricket World Cup 2023 playing conditions, “After the fall of a wicket or the retirement of a batter, the incoming batter must, unless Time has been called, be ready to receive the ball or for the other batter to be ready to receive the next ball within 2 minutes of the dismissal or retirement.”
If the batsman fails to do so, he will be considered out.
No, the bowler doesn’t get credit, according to the playing conditions.
In the 2007 South Africa-India Cape Town test match, then India captain Sourav Ganguly came close to getting timed out, according to a report by Wisden India.
During the second innings of the match, India lost both its opening batsmen by the second ball of the second over. The usual No 4 Sachin Tendulkar couldn’t enter the field, “owing to the time he had spent off the pitch during South Africa’s innings on day three,” the report added.
However, the Indian team wasn’t aware of the fact — the on-field umpire Daryl Harper had even asked TV umpire, Marias Erasmus, to remind the Indian dressing room that Tendulkar wasn’t allowed to enter the field, but the message was somehow never received.
The situation led to chaos, and Ganguly, who was still in his tracksuit, was told to go out to bat. By the time he reached the field, six minutes had elapsed. The umpires explained the “exceptional circumstances” of the incident to the South Africa team, who decided not to appeal.
