3 unusual dismissals from women’s cricket

A long walk back to the pavilion isn’t a pleasant feeling for any batter. Whether the player dismissed has scored a duck or a century, no one likes to get out and go back to the dressing room. While some wickets are earned by the bowling side- be it through a peach of a delivery or some extraordinary brilliance in the field, some are given away by the batting side. For instance, a loose shot that went straight to the fielder would be a batsman/batswoman throwing the wicket away.

Common modes of dismissal like the Leg Before Wicket, bowled, caught, stumped, run out or hit wicket may be the result of either. However, on most occasions, the unusual dismissals are purely the fault of the players dismissed. Dismissals like the timed out, obstructing the field, retired out and hitting the ball twice are much rarer and are often classified as unusual forms of getting out in a cricket match. Such dismissals can also be very embarrassing.

As per present information, there have been around twenty-three instances of unusual dismissals in International Cricket- with three of them coming in Women’s Cricket.

Here is a look at the 3 unusual dismissals from women’s cricket.

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#3 Anuja Patil (obstructing the field)

Primarily a bowler, the 25-years-old right-handed middle order batter, Anuja Patil, is the latest victim of an unusual dismissal in the recently concluded Women’s Asia Cup. In the finals of the Asia Cup, Anuja Patil was given out as she “obstructed the field”. The fact that she was given not out by the field umpires but the decision was overturned by the third umpire made the decision a matter of debate in the public sphere.

The social media went crazy debating whether or not Anuja changed the direction while attempting a run and got in the way of the throw.

India lost this game in a last over finish as Bangladesh women became the Asia Cup Champions for the first time ever.

#2 MD Thirush Kamini

Kamini came in front of a throw coming from long on

MD Thirush Kamini was the first woman cricketer to be given out as a virtue of “obstructing the field” against West Indies. Thirush Kamini went for a run which wasn’t there itself and as a result was in danger when the long on fielder threw the ball at the end she was running.

However, Thirush Kamini decided to change the direction while running. As a result, the ball hit the batswoman and she was given out obstructing the field.

All though this was the first instance of obstructing the field dismissal in a women’s cricket match, Thirush Kamini joined the list of few great international players including the likes of Mohinder Amarnath, Inzamam Ul Haq, and Ben Stokes.

#1 Dilani Manodara

Manodara is the only woman cricketer to be "retired out"

The right-handed Sri Lankan wicketkeeper batswoman has represented the island country in 92 ODIs and 54 T20Is and last played a game earlier this year against Pakistan. Dilani Manodara was “retired out” due to her slow scoring rate and her inability to keep the scoreboard ticking and get some momentum in the innings.

The batswoman had scored just 8 runs off 39 balls having spent more than an hour out in the middle and wasn’t looking in any kind of touch what so ever. As a result, she had to retire out.

A retire out is an instance in a cricket match when the batter leaves the field without the permission of the on-field umpires. In such a case, the batsman/batswoman is considered out, for calculating the batting averages and other statistical formalities. The opponent captain usually does not allow the player to resume his/her batting if at all, it boils down to that.

This remains the only instance of a batswoman getting retired out in a recognized international game.