batsman who obstructs who is out . If a batsman deliberately alters his course whilst running, or interposes his bat, to block the path of a ball thrown at the stumps by a fielder, the umpire must decide whether the action is wilful. The umpire does not have to judge whether the fielding would have been likely to effect a Run out. The bowler does not get credit for any obstruction dismissal. Any runs completed before the offence is committed are scored (unless the obstruction prevents a catch being made). Returning the ball to a fielder Traditionally, a batsman would ask the fielding team whether he might touch the ball before doing so, but even if he did not, if there were any goodwill between the teams, the fielding team would be unlikely to appeal, and unlikely to have their appeal confirmed by their captain, but the umpire would be obliged to give the batsman out if an appeal was made. Batsman were advised to ask to avoid the possibility of 'unpleasantness.' In the modern professional game the question is sensitive, as the fielding side may be trying to keep the ball dry and clean so that they may obtain reverse swing, and may well decline the batsman's offer to touch the ball. Earliest recorded instance The first known instance of a player being dismissed in a manner equivalent to the modern term 'Obstructing the field' occurred in a minor match at Sheffield on 27 August 1792, between Sheffield Cricket Club and Bents Green. The Bents Green player John Shaw, who scored 7 in the first innings, had his dismissal recorded as "run out of the ground to hinder a catch". The information was recorded by G. B. Buckley who found it in the Sheffield Advertiser dated 31 August 1792. Sheffield won by 10 wickets in a match that was notable for two other reasons, these being that it was the first match played in Yorkshire for which full scores are recorded and it was the earliest known instance of a three innings match. Dismissals in international cricket Test cricket Len Hutton is the only man given out this way in Test cricket, for an incident that occurred at The Oval during the fifth Test of South Africa's tour of England in 1951. One Day Internationals In One Day Internationals, Rameez Raja (for Pakistan against England at Karachi in 1987)