This is where the TV umpire should be brought into the picture as he is in better capacity with multiple camera angles to take a call on borderline catch than an on-field umpire watching the action from 25-yards away with his naked eye! But what this soft signal has done to the game is that most of the times the umpire, at the time of disputed catches, goes with the immediate reaction of the players, which then becomes difficult to overrule with no conclusive evidence. The soft signal was introduced for disputed catches because it was felt that sometimes the camera images create doubt to the catches that are considered clean and hence the primary responsibility of decision-making remain with the on-field umpires.
The fact that there is no hard logic behind the soft signal makes this law absolute bizarre. The jury is still out if the umpires should have rewarded 5 runs or 6 for that fateful overthrow, it is time for the ICC to do away with this controversial law. Though Stokes immediately apologized for the inadvertent error, the umpires, bounded by MCC laws, couldn't do anything but to reward runs to the batting side. While the runs scored off overthrows have been an integral part of many tense matches in history, the overthrows off the bat of Ben Stokes that went for boundary resulting in 6 runs would be talked for generations to come. Both winners imo.- Gautam Gambhir July 14, 2019 I want to congratulate both & on playing out a nail biting Final. A ridiculous rule Should have been a tie. Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir was more severe in his criticism, calling the ICC rule ridiculous.ĭon't understand how the game of such proportions, the #CWC19Final, is finally decided on who scored the most boundaries. This is like a team winning football World Cup on the basis of ball possession after a penalty shoot-out ending in a tie.Īfter the match, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson admitted that the rule was "tough to swallow" to eventually decide the World Cup winners. As per current ICC rules, in case of a tied Super Over the team that scores more number of boundaries wins the match. The World Cup final between England and New Zealand had everything but a conclusion to decide the winner of the contest. What are the odds of a World Cup Final ending in a tie? And then the Super Over also ending in a tie? Here are the 5 cricket rules that need to go immediately. While we will talk about this thrilling World Cup 2019 final living up to its reputation for years to come, the fact that no team lost the final and still one team won the World Cup have left many cricket fans fuming about the ICC rules. Other than the cricket governing body itself, the International Cricket Council (ICC).
No one could have scripted this World Cup 2019 finish better.