Paul Ryan
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Why is this not out?
When a bowler bowls the ball, they become a fielder and when Stobo throws the ball Chis Green is out of his crease.
The batter is not allowed to obstruct a bowler or fielder attempting a run out.
What if Chris Green played the ball to short cover and the cover fielder picked the ball up and threw it towards the stumps. If Chris Green attempted to stop the ball with the bat or any part of his body, he would’ve been given out obstructing the field.
What’s the difference?
Source - Foxsports
https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/domestic-cricket/sheffield-shield/dont-stoop-to-this-wa-wants-answers-amid-shield-drama-as-nsw-star-plays-ball-twice/news-story/3bcecbbcbb05ba5adf6ae7d344ca4565?fbclid=IwAR24-N4PF-HGlyYbpqpFieH83XqTMLD3DBg9en4PgwSw9O5OShidiATxhJg
Responses
I think this is a matter of the batsman receiving the benefit of the doubt. The batsman will say he was protecting himself from injury - quite reasonable given the ball was thrown hard from a short distance at his legs/body. The fielding side will say, again quite reasonably, he was obstructing the field - stopping a genuine throw at the stumps from hitting the stumps, running him out. Faced with two reasonable scenarios, the umpire quite rightly gave him the benefit of the doubt and therefore NOT OUT.