Adnan Akmal gets out in rare manner during Pakistan domestic T20 tournament match

Akmal suffered the dismissal while playing for Lahore Blues against Quetta Region in the Haier T20 Cup.

Pakistan batsman Adnan Akmal suffered a rare dismissal when he was adjudged out for ‘obstructing the field’ during a domestic Twenty20 match at Rawalpindi on Wednesday. Playing for Lahore Blues in their match against Quetta Region in the ongoing Haier Twenty20 Cup, Pakistan’s premier tournament in the sport’s shortest format, Akmal was batting on a score of 12 when he was caught between the ball, thrown by Sher Hasan, and the stumps. Akmal appeared to be defending himself initially, but the TV umpire ruled him out after a couple of replays, making Akmal only the sixth batsman in the history of the format to be adjudged out in the manner, according to a report on cricket.com.au. Obstructing the field: History of the unusual mode of dismissal

Akmal’s dismissal however, was a mere blip in Lahore’s comfortable chase of the 101-run target, which they accomplished with nine wickets and six overs to spare. Opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq was instrumental in guiding his side to victory, hammering an unbeaten 57 off 41 balls. Earlier in the match, Ataullah (3 for 13) and Agha Salman (3 for 20) helped demolish Quetta, who barely managed to reach three-figure scores before losing their last wicket.

The first such dismissal also occurred in Pakistan, during the ABN-Amro Twenty20 Cup final at Lahore when Faislabad Wolves’ Ahmed Hayat was out obstructing the field against Karachi Dolphins in the tournament final. Since then four batsman — Chinthaka Perera, Adrian Barath, Yusuf Pathan and Devon Thomas — have suffered a similar fate. READ: Anwar Ali becomes the fifth player to be dismissed obstructing the field

Five batsmen have been adjudged out in the manner in One-Day Internationals, viz. Ramiz Raja (1987), Mohinder Amarnath (1989), Inzamam-ul-Haq (2006), Mohammad Hafeez and Anwar Ali (2013), four of whom are Pakistanis. The only batsman to suffer the fate in Tests was English legend Len Hutton against South Africa in 1951. READ: Inzamam-ul-Haq dismissed obstructing the field

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