ICC World Cup 2019 | Legends and Pundits blast poor umpiring decisions against Windies
What an entertaining game it was! This sort of games we'd love to see as cricket lovers. 288 may not seem big, but Australia's bowling performance at the death took them over the line. Chris Gayle was wrongly given out and the poor umpiring was criticized by the entire cricket fraternity.
Yesterday, West Indies suffered a 15-runs loss against Australia at Trent Bridge. Windies were chasing a target of 288 which looked attainable with those in-form players in their batting lineup but poor umpiring played a crucial role as opener Chris Gayle was given out on a delivery which ideally should have given a free hit. Chris Gayle was caught plumb in front of his wicket by Mitchell Starc but it came as a massive shock when TV replay showed Starc's delivery to be a no-ball by a huge margin. Umpire Chris Gaffaney failed to notice the error made by Starc and Windies went on to lose this crucial match against Australia. Cricket fraternity expressed their displeasure and reacted on the same on Twitter.
Here are the Tweets:
Time and time again we tend to be on the wrong end of decisions... and the masses are not vociferous bcuz y......๐ค๐ค. Piss piss poor decision making in this game and it continues ... it is blatantly alarming .โฆ https://t.co/wmsXnzdLFG
โ Kieron Pollard (@KieronPollard55) June 6, 2019
4 overturned reviews so far shows how the umpiring has been. Far too many mistakes. Very poor.
โ Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) June 6, 2019
And this is a World Cup. #AUSvWI
The Umpire Strikes Back. Eventually. #Gayle.
โ Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 6, 2019
Eventful over that , one for technology and one for the umpire And 2-0 for Gayle ๐๐คฃ๐๐ป๐๐๐บ #WIvsAUS #CWC2019
โ subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) June 6, 2019
Chris gaffaney finally gets the wicket of Gayle ๐ฐ #AUSvsWI #CW2019
โ Shreevats goswami (@shreevats1) June 6, 2019
OUCH ๐ #CWC19 https://t.co/BuBszHkVmi
โ Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 6, 2019
Just saying again... another umpire on the ground standing behind the non striker.. he is just there for
โ Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) June 6, 2019
No-Balls. Umpires miss up to 6 no balls a match I reckon.
Blame the lack of Waist Coat .......
โ Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) June 6, 2019
If Gayle has batted a little while longer...... ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ Oh well.. Anyhow, the West Indies showed tremendous heart right till the end. Lots of positives from this game.. #AusvsWI #CWC19
โ Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) June 6, 2019
38 were required of 5 overs with 4 wickets in hand and Holder at the crease for West Indies. But Australia conceded only 6 in the next 4 overs and picked up 3. Such was the brilliance of Mitchell Starc, the first 5-fer of this WC #AUSvWI
โ Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) June 6, 2019