Editing Fair and unfair play (section)

==Distracting the opposition==

If a member of the fielding side deliberately distracts or attempts to distract the [[batsman]] on strike while he is preparing to receive or receiving a delivery, the umpire immediately declares the ball to be dead. The umpire also informs the fielding captain of the incident and awards five penalty runs to the batting side. The batsman may not be dismissed from the delivery, which must be repeated.<ref name=Law41/>

It is also unfair for a member of the fielding side to deliberately attempt to distract or obstruct either batsman after the striker has received the ball by word or action. If this happens a procedure similar to the procedure for the first instance of ball tampering occurs, although the batting side also scores any runs that they have scored before the attempted (or actual) distraction or obstruction.<ref name=Law41/>

The case of a batsman obstructing the fielding side is covered by [[Obstructing the field|Law 37]] of the [[Laws of Cricket]] rather than Law 41. A batsman contravening Law 37 may be given out ''obstructing the field''.