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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 2902588, member: 8272"] Stokes was out a few years ago for obstructing the field that's the only one I can think of recently. [URL]https://www.cricket.com.au/video/ben-stokes-given-out-obstructing-field-mitchell-starc-second-odi-lords-australia-england/2015-09-06[/URL] Law 37 states that a batsman is out obstructing the field if he wilfully strikes the ball with his hand, unless it is to avoid injury. The reflexive nature of Stokes' action could have been argued to negate the "wilful" definition, but equally the ball was not coming at him directly, and he held his hand away from his body to strike the ball. Cases could have been made both ways. Game report at the time. [/QUOTE]

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