On November 6, veteran Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews became the first cricketer to be dismissed timed out in ODI cricket. Although the mode of dismissal has created a lot of buzz in the cricketing circles, ‘timed out’ is one of the 10 ways in which a batter can be adjudged out according to the laws established by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
While bowled, leg before the wicket (LBW), caught, run out, stumped and hit wicket remain the most common ways of being ruled out, there are four more legal ways of dismissals — including timed out — in the game of cricket. For any mode of dismissal, however, including the most common ones, an appeal from the fielding side is a must.
Here are the other four lesser known modes of dismissals in cricket:
