Watch: Shan Masood remains not out despite hit wicket and run out in same delivery

Pakistan and Yorkshire batter Shan Masood survived a hit wicket and a run out in Yorkshire’s match vs Lancashire in the Vitality Blast. The incident happened due to a unique law in the MCC’s cricket rulebook. The league posted the video of the incident on Twitter which left the fans in splits on Friday, 21 June.

Batting in the 15th over of the match. Masood hit his wicket while trying to scoop the ball. However, as the bowler bowled a no-ball, Masood was deemed not out. The batter got out of his crease as Joe Root called for a run. Masood reluctantly came out of his crease but gave up after taking a couple of steps. Masood was run out and that left the opposition cheering as the batter was looking in good touch.

However, to everyone’s surprise, the umpires deemed Masood not out, and here’s how it happened. But before we explain the law, here’s the full video of the incident.

The umpire deemed Masood not out on two counts. First, the hit wicket was ruled out since the bowler had bowled a no-ball. The run-out was ruled out as the umpire believed that Masood was not trying to steal a run and had thought to himself that he was hit wicket.

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Law 31.7 Batter leaving the wicket under a misapprehension

An umpire shall intervene if satisfied that a batter, not having been given out, has left the wicket under a misapprehension of being out. The umpire intervening shall call and signal Dead ball to prevent any further action by the fielding side and shall recall the batter.

Speaking after the match, Masood revealed that he was slightly dazed during the whole incident after being hit on the grill. Masood thanked the umpires and the opposition players for moving on quickly from the incident.

“I mean, from my end, I tried to play shot and the ball hit my grill. And for me, it was like I stood my ground like wanting, wanting treatment. And I was confused. Rooty (Joe Root) was running, and then eventually I ran. So for me, it was more about being hit. Is it a dead ball? Do we get the physio on? And I just yeah, that was my recollection of it,” Masood said after the match in an interview with the broadcaster.

“Rooty did tell me a no ball has been called. And that’s about all I remember. But then we waited for the umpires to take the decision and big on Ben and Keaton, everyone moved on and the match went on,” Masood concluded.