Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel who hit a fifty against India in the Champions Trophy 2025 has become the seventh batter in FC-class cricket to be timed out after reportedly sleeping off his chance to reach the crease.
Shakeel was supposed to bat at No. 5 for the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) against Pakistan Television (PTV) in the President’s Cup Grade 01 First-Class tournament on March 04.
Saud Shakeel was supposed to bat at No. 5 was unable to reach the crease in the alloted three minutes. The incident started when Mohammad Shahzad dismissed captain Umar Amin and Fawad Alam off successive deliveries putting SBP in trouble after they were batting first at 128-1.
Shakeel took longer than permitted to arrive, and PTV took advantage of the situation with a winning appeal.
Shahzad completed a spectacular hat-trick by bowling Mohammad Ifran on the following ball, adding to SBP’s suffering and causing them to collapse for 205.
The unusal dismissal of Shakeel isn’t the only thing that makes the President’s Trophy interesting.
Since Muslims are observing Ramadan Month, they avoid eating or drinking between sunrise and sunset, PCB is playing all its tournaments at night with day’s play running between 07:30 PM to 02:30 AM, with tea and dinner breaks included.
Saud Shakeel has played 19 tests and ODI matches scoring 1658 runs and 408 runs. He has an impressive average of 50.24 in test matches and 27.20 average in ODI format.
Meanwhile the most recent time out dismissal in top-level cricket was Angelo Matthews who was dismissed in this manner during an international match during 2023 ODI World cup match between Sri Lanka against Bangladesh.
What is Timed-Out Dismissal?
When a new batter fails to reach the crease within three minutes after the previous batter’s dismissal, it is known as a “timed out” dismissal in cricket.
The fielding side may argue for a “timed out” dismissal if the approaching batter is not prepared to take his place at the crease or at his partner’s end within that time limit.
The batsman is declared out if the appeal is successful. Although it is one of the ten approved methods of dismissal in cricket law, professional matches hardly ever use this technique.
