Editing Obstructing the field (section)

===Test cricket===
Two batsmen have been dismissed obstructing the field in a Test match. The first time was during the [[South African cricket team in England in 1951|fifth Test match]] of South African cricket team's tour of England in 1951, when England's [[Len Hutton]] [[Glossary of cricket terms#top edge|top edged]] the ball and, thinking the ball would hit the stumps, attempted to hit the ball away which prevented the [[wicket-keeper]] from [[Catch (cricket)|catching]] the ball.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-22 |title=Len Hutton becomes first to be given obstructing the field in Test cricket |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/len-hutton-becomes-first-to-be-given-obstructing-the-field-in-test-cricket-297725 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=Latest Sports Updates, Cricket News, Cricket World Cup, Football, Hockey & IPL |language=en-US}}</ref> In the second instance, from [[New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2023–24|the second Test]] of [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand's]] tour of [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] in December 2023, [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] defended a ball from [[Kyle Jamieson]] and then pushed the ball away with his right hand as it bounced away from the stumps. He also became the first batsman in test to get out by obstructing the field since the rule for handling the ball was included in this law in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2023 |title=Mushfiqur Rahim becomes first Bangladesh batter to be dismissed obstructing the field |url=https://www.wisden.com/series/new-zealand-in-bangladesh-september-2023/cricket-news/mushfiqur-rahim-becomes-first-bangladesh-batter-to-be-dismissed-obstructing-the-field |access-date=4 April 2025 |website=[[Wisden]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2023 |title=BAN vs NZ: Mushfiqur Rahim out for handling the ball in second Test |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/ban-vz-nz-mushfiqur-rahim-first-bangladeshi-handling-the-ball-out-obstructing-field-list-of-international-dismissals/article67610218.ece |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=Sportstar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Isam |first=Mohammad |date=6 December 2023 |title=Why Mushfiqur Rahim was out for obstructing the field and not handling the ball |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/why-mushfiqur-rahim-was-out-for-obstructing-the-field-and-not-handling-the-ball-1411719 |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Test dismissals obstructed the field
!No
!Batsman
!Country
!Opposition
!Venue
!Match
!Date
|-
|1
|{{sortname|Leonard|Hutton}}
|{{cr|ENG}}
|{{cr|RSA|1928}}
|[[The Oval]], [[London]], England
|[[South African cricket team in England in 1951#Fifth Test|5th Test]]
|{{dts|1951|August|16|format=dmy}}
|-
|2
|{{sortname|Mushfiqur|Rahim}}
|{{cr|BAN}}
|{{cr|NZ}}
|[[Shere Bangla National Stadium]], [[Mirpur Thana|Mirpur]], Bangladesh
|[[New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2023#2nd Test|2nd Test]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|2023|December|6}}
|}