I think it would have been very harsh. While BT kept quoting 'above shoulder height', there are other relevant bits that were ignored. The two that seem to be the options are these, and I think the arms were close and didn't make anything bigger.
It is usually an offence if a player:
•touches the ball with their hand/arm when:
•the hand/arm has made their body unnaturally bigger
•the hand/arm is above/beyond their shoulder level (unless the player deliberately plays the ball which then touches their hand/arm)
Except for the above offences, it is not usually an offence if the ball touches a player’s hand/arm:
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•if the hand/arm is close to the body and does not make the body unnaturally bigger