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Michael Vaughan out ‘Handling the ball’ Rare Incident India v England 2001



This incident happened during the 3rd Test of England’s tour of India 2001-02. England’s Michael Vaughan missed an attempted sweep against Sarandeep Singh, and the ball trickled along the ground after striking his pads. Vaughan brushed the ball away with his hand, despite the fact that it was not travelling towards the stumps. Initially, he claimed that he was attempting the give the ball back to the fielder at short leg, but he later admitted that he got it all wrong.

29 Comments

  1. That is straight up out every day of the week – he pressed down on the ball to stop it in case it went back to the stumps.

  2. Unfair play at this situation … Indiian cricket captian should have revoked the appeal just like how Bangla Mushfiqur got out vs NZ and Angelo against Bangla šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚, some times you cannot apply text book rules blindly when reality is different

  3. Wow…look at the narrative building by the commentators!šŸ˜…
    Before even looking at the replay

    Vaughn thought hes being gentleman by giving the ball to tye wk!

    As soon as replayed…
    Commenator 1: Oh the ball was in play and it was his reflex that stopped the ball

  4. Consider this scenario..batsman is trying to hit a cover drive but the ball nipped back in and he is trapped LBW. The intention of the batsman doesn't matter whether he deliberately had his leg between the ball and stumps or not. If the umpire thinks the ball would've hit the stumps if not for the legs in between, its out. Exactly the same situation here, the umpire thinks the ball would've gone onto the stumps if he didn't handle the ball. If the batsman wants to help the fielder, he could use his bat or legs. Rules are there for a reason.

  5. The fact that the Indians are defending the appeal says a lot.. Indians go on and om about the spirit of the game and troll eng for the wc final or cry and call aussies cheats but as soon as their players do it its fine??? Hypocrisy at its peak

  6. After inventing the game of cricket, the Englishman seems to forget the rules. Even in modern days they do the simply idiotic things, take it whether Ian bell controversy, the Ashwin Buttler controversy, Johnny Bairstow alex carrey controversy and the best of them is in the video itself. You can't expect spirit of the game from opposition if you are not following rules.

  7. Iā€™m a Yorkshire man through and through. But Vaughan was out. He knows the rules and he couldnā€™t even argue that the ball was stationary. Personally, I think a batsman isnā€™t there to be nice to the fielders. Let them do their own fielding and the batsmen do the batting. That way, there is no way chance that this sort of thing can occur. And the commentators were wrong to try and turn the scrutiny on India. How about being honest and blaming Michael for his own mistake and being a bit of a chump, because they didnā€™t do anything that isnā€™t allowed in the rules?

  8. He is like…. " ą¤¤ą„ą¤®ą„ą¤¹ą„‡ ą¤¦ą„ą¤—ą¤Øą¤¾ ą¤²ą¤—ą¤¾ą¤Ø ą¤¦ą„‡ą¤Øą¤¾ ą¤Ŗą¤”ą„‡ą¤—ą¤¾… "

    Indian ą¤Ŗą„ą¤²ą„‡ą¤Æą¤°ą„ą¤ø "ą¤šą¤² ą¤Øą¤æą¤•ą¤² ą¤­ą„‹ą¤ø..ą¤•ą„‡"

  9. Handling the ball is a fair way of getting out, but clearly this should not have been given out. The ball wasnt going to go to hit the wicket, nor was he obstructing the fielding.

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