<P> A more recent example of a comic hit - wicket dismissal was during the Headingley Test match in the 2006 test series between England and Pakistan, when Pakistan captain Inzamam - ul - Haq missed a sweep against Monty Panesar, was hit in the midriff by the ball, lost his balance and collapsed on to his stumps (and nearly into wicket - keeper Chris Read). </P> <P> If the ball strikes any part of the batsman's person (not necessarily the leg), and, in the umpire's judgement, the ball would have hit the batsman's stumps but for this interception, then the batsman is out . The point of impact must be within line with the batsman's stumps and the bowler's stumps if the batsman is playing a stroke . The batsman can be given out if the ball strikes him outside the off stump, if the ball would have hit the stumps and if the batsman is playing no stroke . The ball must not pitch outside the line of leg stump . Also, the ball cannot have made contact with the bat or glove that is touching the bat before hitting the batsman . If the ball hits the batsman either on the full or immediately after bouncing, the umpire is required to assume that the ball is travelling straight on, ignoring any spin, swing or other hard to predict movement that may have changed the direction of the ball if it had not hit the batsman . </P> <P> If the batsman, by action or by words, obstructs or distracts the fielding side, then he is out . This law now encompasses transgressions that would previously have been covered by handled the ball, which has now been removed from the laws </P> <P> Only one individual has ever been out obstructing the field in a Test match: England's Len Hutton, playing against South Africa at The Oval in London in 1951, knocked a ball away from his stumps, but in doing so prevented the South African wicket - keeper Russell Endean from completing a catch . By coincidence, Endean was one of the few people to be given out handled the ball in a Test match (see below). </P>

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