ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has witnessed the thrills from the beginning. In the tournament, fans have witnessed many records, memorable knocks, and also some heartfelt decisions of the umpires. Cricket has seen many biased decisions by the umpires. Players have sacrificed their wickets many times. The same thing happened in the Australia vs Sri Lanka match. David Warner was given out on LBW in that match. He was frustrated with this decision.
The scenario of the dismissal:
On October 16, Australia met Sri Lanka at Ekana Sports City in Lucknow. In that match, when Warner was batting on 11, he was given out by the umpire. He played a delivery of Dilshan Madushanka and the bowler appealed for LBW. After the umpire’s decision, Warner reviewed the decision. But the ball tracking showed the ball was hitting outside the leg stump. It was given an umpire’s call. Because the field umpire had given out already, Warner had to go back.
After that incident, he called for greater umpire accountability. He showed his frustration over that system. He was upset over the ball-tracking technology. He was not happy with the decision. After the match, he talked about the confusing dismissal.
Warner’s Words:
Later he talked about his dismissal. He said, “ I just sprayed out loud in frustration pretty much just at myself it kept low, and normally when something hits me on the leg on the outside, I know it’s pretty much going down leg. I asked Joel when I was out there just what happened, and why he gave it out. He said the ball was swinging back. To his credit, if he thinks that then that’s why he’s given the decision. But then when you see the replay of how it unfolded, you get a little bit annoyed. That’s out of our control.”
“Obviously players get dropped for poor performance. It’s never explained to us what goes on with the panel. It’s just an indicator. It’s just little things to show spectators, it’s not easy. You can explain where it’s not easy, and why it’s not easy, and then when good decisions are made, they can explain it. I just think it’s something that could be explored.”
He said, “At the moment, we seem to be waiting for and as a player, you get more frustrated because you think, ‘Did they line up?’ what’s the impact points? How many impact points are there before it goes on?”
But at the end of the day, Australia won the match against Sri Lanka. They registered their first win in the tournament. They lost their first two matches. That was a disappointing start. But they come back in a great way. On October, 20, Australia is all set to face Pakistan at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
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