Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 24
Sports Desk: Former New Zealand pacer and commentator Simon Doull called out the wrong LBW decision and the loophole in the law that cost Bangladesh dearly against South Africa in their ICC T20 World Cup match in New York yesterday.
In the second ball of the 17th over, Mahmudullah was hit on the pads by Ottneil Baartman. The umpire raised his index finger to signal out as the ball went to the vacant fine-leg region and hit the boundary cushions.
The decision was rightfully overturned once Mahmudullah reviewed it as ball tracking showed that the ball was missing the leg stump by some margin. However, as the ball is considered dead once the umpire rules it out, Bangladesh lost out on four runs, and eventually lost the match by the same margin.
Doull criticised umpire Sam Nogajski for the decision and the ICC for not trying to come up with a fix for this problem with the law. “It was a poor decision, that was never hitting the stumps. And he threw his finger up so quickly, like a gun slinger. It was a poor decision. We have to say they have made some great decisions, there have been some very good umpiring throughout the tournament but that one wasn’t,” Doull told Cricbuzz.
