2024-02-12 07:55:55
Adelaide∙ West Indies- Australia During the second Twenty20 match, the Australian players did not appeal for the wicket despite the West Indies batsman being dismissed. The umpire did not accept it even though he realized the mistake and argued for the wicket. Australia won the match but lost a wicket due to carelessness which embarrassed the team. The incident took place in the 18th over of the Windies innings when they were about to lose.
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Australia got a chance to dismiss Alsari Joseph. The second ball from Spencer Johnson hit it to cover and the player ran for a single. Spencer Johnson caught the fielder’s throw and shook the bails. This was just before Alsari Joseph touched the crease. But the Aussies forgot to appeal. There was no celebration on the wicket.
The Aussies realized the mistake when the footage of the run-out was shown on the screen at the stadium. Immediately after, he approached the umpire for an out, but he did not give in. The umpire’s position was that he would not give out as Australia did not appeal. The players tried to persuade the umpire for some time but to no avail. Tim David argued that he had appealed. This was not accepted by the umpire.
Australia won the second Twenty20 by 34 runs. Batting first, Australia scored 241 runs for the loss of four wickets. In reply, West Indies managed to score only 207 runs for the loss of nine wickets. Glenn Maxwell scored the fastest century and was the star of the game. Maxwell remained unbeaten on 120 off 55 balls.
English Summary:
Australia run out Alzarri Joseph, umpire rules batter not-out after team fails to appeal
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