Pretty obvious for me. He's running to the stumps to obstruct the ball.I'm not sure why people have a problem with the obstruction decision.
This is the law:
The change of direction was significant and Hafeez had no innocent reason for the change of direction (he was not being obstructed). What possible reason could there be not to give him out?
Huh? Why would a batsman increase the length he's got to run?
No, he started running next to the pitch and if he had continued running in that direction, he would have ended up next to the pitch on the other side. The change of direction is when he started running towards the stumps.
That change is before the ball is thrown.
That is what I thought initially, but his main push towards the stumps is after he turns his head back.
That doesn't matter, he started running towards the stumps knowing that AB would need to throw towards the stumps when he got the ball.
WTF? Yes no other team has appealed for a wide.
Because that's when he puts the accelerator on. He doesn't deviate any further at that point.
Well I disagree, the replays show that he was intentionally running towards the stumps. The head turn shouldn't change direction to such an extent. Just look at how big the deviation from his initial direction end point and his actual end point is. I don't think he did it consciously though. It is a natural thing to try and run between the ball and the stumps, that is one problem with this law.
Exactly.
