In this quiz, you have to name the batters who have got out in one of four unusual ways.
No one has ever got out hit the ball twice or timed out in men’s Test cricket, but there have been quite a few rare modes of dismissal. These include obstructing the field, handling the ball (now clubbed under obstructing the field), and retired out – in Test cricket.
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Being run out is not unusual, but the bowler doing that as the non-striker is backing up is reasonably rare. Players dismissed in this fashion are also included in this list.
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Can you name the fifteen batters who have been dismissed in these manners until August 5, 2025?
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You have three minutes.
Quiz! Unusual dismissals in Test cricket
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