Sir Len Hutton, in an attempt to save his wicket, became the first batsman to be given out obstructing the field against South Africa in 1951.
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According to Law 37, “Either Batsman, on appeal, shall be out Obstructing the Field if he willfully obstructs the opposite side by word or action.”
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Len Hutton, in an attempt to save his wicket, became the first batsman to be given out obstructing the field.
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Not many people got to know that under the relentlessly concentrating batsman, Len Hutton actually had a wonderful sense of humour. He and Denis Compton were facing a particularly hostile spell from Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall at Lord’s during the 1953 Ashes. After an over from Lindwall, Hutton called Compton for a...
A newsreader on BBC radio misread the Len Hutton's score of 111 as Ill.
When Snagge did not seem to have kept updates of the match.