In a thrilling final, England won its first-ever World Cup on boundary count after the Super Over ended in a tie at Lord’s on Sunday. The first tie was a result of an extraordinary event. With three balls left in the match, the ball deflected off Ben Stokes‘ bat while he dived for a second run and raced away to the boundary for four overthrows. It ultimately proved crucial in the scheme of the contest. Meanwhile, Simon Taufel points out a mistake.
In the last over, England needed 15 runs to win and Trent Boult was handed over the ball by his skipper Kane Williamson. The drama unfolded off the fourth delivery of the over when England needed 9 runs. The throw from the deep hit straight on the willow of Ben Stokes, which went for a boundary.
It’s a clear mistake – Simon Taufel
It impacted the equation to the extent that the heart-stopping contest stretched to the Super Over and eventually England lifted their maiden World Cup trophy at the expense of New Zealand, who were playing back-to-back finals.
Speaking of the same, the former Umpire Simon Taufel, who had the reputation of the best umpire, quoted that the on-field umpires have made a blunder mistake by not adjudging those extra’s as five runs. Kumar Dharmasena signalled 6 runs, which certainly changed a lot.
“It’s a clear mistake … it’s an error of judgment,” Taufel told foxsports.com.au on Monday. In the heat of what was going on, they thought there was a good chance the batsmen had crossed at the instant of the throw” Taufel added.
According to law Law 19.8, pertaining to “Overthrow or willful act of fielder” states: If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the willful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be any runs for penalties awarded to either side, and the allowance for the boundary, and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.
All in all, it will remain as one of the unsolved mysteries. However, the answers for it doesn’t change the result as well. Meanwhile, Ben Stokes conveyed sorry to Kane Williamson for the bat deflection.