Index
- Unfair play 1 Home
- 41.1 Responsibility of captains
- 41.2 Responsibility of umpires
- 41.3 The match ball - changing its condition
- 41.4 Deliberate attempt to distract the striker
- 41.5 Deliberate distraction, deception or obstruction of batsman
41.5 DELIBERATE DISTRACTION, DECEPTION OR OBSTRUCTION OF BATSMAN
Deception by a fielder is featured in this Law for the first time. It is called 'Fake' or 'Mock' fielding
The reason for the introduction of this change was that fielders were deliberately pretending to have the ball as a means of fooling the batsmen, thereby preventing them from taking further runs
The batsmen could see a slide and a feigned throw and would decline, for example, a second run
By the time they realised the ball had not been thrown, it would then be too late to take the second run. This was felt to be unfair and is dealt with in the same way as distraction and obstruction
Deception by a fielder is featured in this Law for the first time. It is called 'Fake' or 'Mock' fielding
The reason for the introduction of this change was that fielders were deliberately pretending to have the ball as a means of fooling the batsmen, thereby preventing them from taking further runs
The batsmen could see a slide and a feigned throw and would decline, for example, a second run
By the time they realised the ball had not been thrown, it would then be too late to take the second run. This was felt to be unfair and is dealt with in the same way as distraction and obstruction