No batter should pick ball without consent

The MCC has weighed in on the contentious run-out of Pakistan captain Salman Agha during the second ODI against Bangladesh in Dhaka, contending that the dismissal was fully in accordance with the Laws of the game.
It suggested, however, that Bangladesh could have withdrawn their appeal on Spirit-of-Cricket grounds, given the circumstances in which the batter had found himself out of his ground, according to ESPNcricinfo.
Agha had made reference to the Spirit of the Game after the match, saying he would have done differently had he been the fielder in these circumstances, and "gone for sportsman spirit".
The run-out involved a collision between bowler Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who was moving across the pitch to intercept a shot from Mohammad Rizwan, and Agha, who was backing up at the non-striker's end. As Mehidy attempted to pick up the ball, Agha bent down too, seemingly in an effort to pick the ball up himself and pass it onto the bowler, perhaps in the belief that the ball was dead.
Before he could do so, Mehidy swooped on the ball and flicked it onto the stumps with Agha out of his ground.
In a statement released on Monday, the MCC, the custodians of the Laws of the game, said the umpires were right to rule Agha out, and that the batter had put himself at risk of being out obstructing the ball by attempting to pick it up.
"Under Laws, there is little that either umpire could have done differently," the statement said. "The non-striker was clearly out of his ground when the wicket was broken, and the ball was in play. That is out. "It is also worth pointing out that the non-striker had left his ground when the ball was in play and had just started to attempt to regain his ground when he collided with Mehidy. Furthermore, no batter should attempt to pick the ball up without the consent of the fielding side, and had he done so, he would have been at risk of an Obstructing the field dismissal. In retrospect, he would have been better using that time to attempt to regain his ground."
The MCC added that there was no question of the ball being dead, and that this would remain the case even when the new dead-ball law - which grants umpires greater power in determining when the ball has "finally settled" - comes into force in October.