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[ajmw89]

Out.  I'd have shoulder charged the guy in an attempt to "catch" the ball though

[tim2000s]

Out as per rules cited earlier.

[nicky.waddell]

What a cheat. Blokes like that shouldn't be playing the game.

[m.lalli]

A few years back I was fielding at short mid wicket batsman skies one I got myself under the ball and hear someone call "leave it!" Thinking its our keeper thats come round I step back and watch the ball land at my feet.
The only people that heard the call were the keeper, the bower and myself everyone else thought I'd bottled the catch

[ad2606]

nothing worse than abit of blatant cheating like, one of the only bad things about cricket- when the oppo are doing their own umpiring and are intent on being idiots!

[ProCricketer1982]

I do hate cheating. It ruins the game completely as those on the wrong side just think 'whats the point' and those who do hte cheating don't give a crap about it as they win, and the winning side team mates either ignore the cheating fact or also feel like it's a wasted day.

If your out your out, lucky we all get another go in the next game for gods sake. It's not life or death!

[03jaworf]

nothing worse than abit of blatant cheating like, one of the only bad things about cricket- when the oppo are doing their own umpiring and are intent on being idiots!

Agreed you see it quite often, everyone always knows a local team who's notorious for cheating lol!

[ad2606]

Agreed you see it quite often, everyone always knows a local team who's notorious for cheating lol!

Usually tend to be the same teams with the awful 'banter' and over the top sledging!

[BIG.G]

Got to be out. On a similar note, i played in a game where our number 6 skied one, whilst running the non striker shouted loudly 'again, he's dropped it' before the fielder attemted the catch, he dropped it, opposition captain appealed on the grounds of instructing the field. Umpire agreed, gave out the batsmen who had it the ball. We felt this was wrong because we didnt think what the non striker had shouted was wrong and also not the striker who shouted anything. Should he have been given out chaps?

[ProCricketer1982]

Got to be out. On a similar note, i played in a game where our number 6 skied one, whilst running the non striker shouted loudly 'again, he's dropped it' before the fielder attemted the catch, he dropped it, opposition captain appealed on the grounds of instructing the field. Umpire agreed, gave out the batsmen who had it the ball. We felt this was wrong because we didnt think what the non striker had shouted was wrong and also not the striker who shouted anything. Should he have been given out chaps?

Not really in the spirit of cricket shouting anything. There was no need IMO, purely said to apply pressure/put off

[03jaworf]

Got to be out. On a similar note, i played in a game where our number 6 skied one, whilst running the non striker shouted loudly 'again, he's dropped it' before the fielder attemted the catch, he dropped it, opposition captain appealed on the grounds of instructing the field. Umpire agreed, gave out the batsmen who had it the ball. We felt this was wrong because we didnt think what the non striker had shouted was wrong and also not the striker who shouted anything. Should he have been given out chaps?

I would have thought the non-striker should have been given out as it was him who actually obstructed the fielder (albeit verbally)

[Village Trundler]

I would have thought the non-striker should have been given out as it was him who actually obstructed the fielder (albeit verbally)

Should have been non-striker out as above.

[tim2000s]

Not out. You don't get given out for sledging the batsman as a fielder, so if you are sledging the fielders as a batsman, what's different?

[Tail Ender]

Not out. You don't get given out for sledging the batsman as a fielder, so if you are sledging the fielders as a batsman, what's different?

It's still out.

Law 37.1 - Either batsman is out Obstructing the field if he wilfully obstructs or distracts the fielding side by word or action.