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History of Timed out rule in Cricket: Sri Lanka's experienced batsman Angelo Mathews was given 'time out' against Bangladesh in the ICC Cricket World Cup on Monday. Angelo Mathews became the first batsman in the world to be 'timed out' in international cricket. Such a scene has been seen for the first time in international cricket. According to this rule, after a batsman is out, if the new batsman does not reach the crease at the stipulated time for batting, then he is declared time out. The new batsman has to enter the field within three minutes.
After the dismissal of Sadira Samaravikram, as soon as Angelo Mathews reached the crease and started putting on the helmet, its strap broke. He indicated to bring another helmet from the dressing room, but it took a lot of time. Meanwhile, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan appealed for time out against Mathews and umpire Marais Erasmus declared him out. Angelo Mathews spoke to the umpire and Shakib and even showed the broken strap of his helmet, but the Bangladesh captain refused to withdraw the appeal and the Sri Lankan batsman had to return. Mathews looked very angry with this and showed everyone the broken strap of his helmet on the boundary and then in anger hit it hard on the ground. According to Rule 40.1.1 of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the guardian of the game of cricket, if a batsman is out or retires, if the next batsman does not face the next ball within the regular time, then he can be given time out.
For the first time in international cricket, a batsman has been given 'time out', but do you know that 104 years ago in English county cricket, a batsman has also been given 'time out'. In fact, 104 years ago, on 22 May 1919, an English county cricket match was played between Sussex and Somerset on the grounds of Taunton. In this match, Sussex batsman Harold Haggett was given time out by the umpire for not reaching the field on time.
The story of that match that took place 104 years ago::
Let us tell you that in this match, Harold Haggett's leg was injured and he came limping on the pitch wearing normal clothes instead of cricket jersey to tell the umpire that he would take some time, but the umpire refused to accept his appeal. And gave him time out. With this, Sussex's innings ended there. Even though Haggett was given time out by the umpire for not reaching the pitch on time, there was no such rule in cricket till then.
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