jay_mcfc
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Christ I didn’t know that! But to be honest it wasn’t the last ball of the game so no-one knows how those last two balls would have gone, it would still have been advantage England even with Rashid on strike.
BBC seem to be under the strange impression that Rashid was run out on the last ball.Christ I didn’t know that! But to be honest it wasn’t the last ball of the game so no-one knows how those last two balls would have gone, it would still have been advantage England even with Rashid on strike.
Scores can be adjusted post match of mistakes occur - not this time clearly. Seriously though, if the team had known they required another run they would have played differently for the rest of the over :-)
Christ I didn’t know that! But to be honest it wasn’t the last ball of the game so no-one knows how those last two balls would have gone, it would still have been advantage England even with Rashid on strike.
I think it is right to discuss it to prevent it re-occurring. The umpires should probably have known the rule on this, in my opinion, but with it being a rare occurrence it is good to revisit it as a reminder. I knew the boundary had to be counted and added to the completed runs, but didn't know about the throw-before-crossing rule. It's one of the great things about cricket, learning small anomalies like this, but I agree, quite why that rule is there is odd.More confuscation within the laws of the game. Makes me think that FICKFUFA have been writing the laws of cricket. Two runs for the batsman and four for the overthrows. Why the need to add some microscopic mullarkey where none is needed.
That article also points out that there is some ambiguity to the rule and arguably it would be counted from the point it hit his bat rather than at the time of the throw. My guess is that will be the official position of the ICC.
The live pictures showed the fielder throwing the ball and the batsmen had only just started their runs - nowhere near crossing tbh. The umpires just didn't check for it, it seems.