Have You Ever Seen This Before? Ben Stokes Out OBSTRUCTING The Field | Lord's | England v Australia

Watch how Ben Stokes was dismissed for obstructing the field in a 2015 ODI against Australia at Lord's.

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[Roooop_]

"I think batsmen getting out by obstructing the field is really unfair but if it happens it should be against England" ~ Ellyse Perry

[malinanjana]

It seems like he's doing that intentionally but the whole thing happened so fast and I think he was protecting himself.

[dennym]

At the end of the day, if stokes’ hand hadn’t intervened it appears highly likely he would have been out

[scootlesvonnoodles]

100% out. He threw his hand out to stop the ball cause he was out of his crease. He knew exactly what he was doing. Before someone tells me he was just protecting himself or was too fast and it was just a reaction. Ben Stokes takes catches at that speed with similar reaction time in matches all the time. They are elite cricketers and train for those kinds of catches daily.

[saurabhjaiswal]

England: "We will make the rules fair and gentlemen like."
England Players: "Ok then, We will make sure to get out in weird ways to demonstrate those rules."😂😂😂

[krishnateja]

The most brutal thing here to witness is smith explaining morgan about the rules
When it comes to stokes, this was the plan whole time😂

[taimurqureshi]

In the words of the great Inzi: I don't understand the rule. I hit the ball and I out, I leave the ball and I out.

[meanderingmarnochs]

It's in the laws of cricket, you can't change direction to block the ball from hitting the stumps let alone literally palm the ball. Out every day of the week

[adriang]

It certainly looks like he stopped the ball from running him out. His face was out of the way, why was his hand up there? 100% out.
Doesn’t matter what it looks like. His hand stopped him from getting run out, end of story. And the Lords crowd were only booing because the shoe was on the wrong foot.

[oscars]

I'm English and I don't think it's in any way controversial, he simply had to walk, end of !!!!

[Kcolonel_]

any batter intentionally or unintentionally obstructing the fielding team is given out. Good showcase of umpiring over here.

[Renvockramki]

I still wonder how many instances can happen to single man in the game of cricket... Benstokes is an unique cricketer.... From world cup super over, Ashes, this match and many more....🥰

[christoduplessis]

As with out handled ball, the deliberate part isn't what we commonly assume deliberate mean. Any movement, reflex or otherwise, that obstructs the ball is out. This is a legitimate appeal and rightly given out.

[naturalbeauty]

If this is not fair, how can 2019 ODI World Cup Final Match Four Runs by the hands of Ben Stokes be fair ?

[grohvids]

He is the perfect “spirit of game” player if this is called spirit of game

[davewilson]

I think you instinctively put your hand up to defend yourself. In slow-mo it seems completely different.

[NikhilTanna]

Seemed more reflex than deliberate but you can get out for those mistakes as well so undeliberate out I reckon 🤷‍♂️

[jay-babbasi]

He is clearly watching the ball.
As he is a terrific fielder because of which he placed his hand exactly in the projection of the ball.

[nagaskandakumar]

I think Stokes applied this after 4 years in 2019 World Cup 🤣🤣

[shiraanmr]

When there is a controversy, always Kumar dharmasena is the umpire