NZ vs AUS | Twitter in splits as Green-Hazlewood's senile running leaves umpires befuddled over cricket laws
The Elite Panel of Umpires is as exclusive a list as Test-nations featuring the very best, yet even two of its most esteemed members struggled to make sense of the shenanigans in Wellington. The last wicket Australian pair mindlessly ran across the creases in a cat-and-mouse game of taking strike.
On the last ball off the 88th over, Hazlewood confidently clipped a full ball off his pads in the gap between short-midwicket and forward square-leg and the batters sprinted across in search of two easy runs. However, the fielders converged upon the Kookaburra quicker than the Australian duo had anticipated, making them believe only a single run was on offer which would leave Hazlewood on strike in the ensuing over. Determined to avoid such a scenario, the two batters returned to their respective creases despite just being a couple of yards from the other end and sported huge grins on their faces given the absurd sequence of events.
Unfortunately, the retirement-bound Marais Erasmus and his partner Michael Gough seemed to have a mind to wipe those smiles off given a potential breach of Law 18.5.1 which states, "If either umpire considers that one or both batsmen deliberately ran short at that umpire's end, the umpire concerned shall, when the ball is dead, call and signal Short run and inform the other umpire of what has occurred and apply [five penalty runs]."
However, given neither batter had grounded his bat inside the crease at the other end, the two umpires let the Men from Down Under get away scot-free after a lengthy discussion lasting over a couple of minutes. All said and done, the incident did spark a flurry of amusing reactions on Twitter.
Whats going on!
— Vince Sinha (@SinhaVince29999) February 29, 2024
Some more please
Green please score some more runs today, would love to see that. Already has been a champion knock.#NZvsAUS
— Hardik (@mrlambu_) February 29, 2024
Priority
17.5 crore contract in IPL, T20 World Cup spot within the sight but still prioritised Red Ball Cricket 🏏
— Sibtain Raza (@I_am_Sibtain) February 29, 2024
Well done Cameron Green, first at No. 4 ❤️#AUSvsNZ #NZvsAUS #CricketTwitter #Australia #Kiwis #Wellington #TestCricket pic.twitter.com/tN81neYHKK
But for what?
If Josh Hazlewood stood on Cam Green’s shoulders they would form a batsman over eighteen feet tall. #NZvAUS
— Oh God It’s Ben Again (@HartWexford) February 29, 2024
One job for him
Hazlewood only job right now is to not get out #NZvAUS
— Ibex Sports (@sports_ibex) February 29, 2024
Waiting for it
Anyway, looking forward to catching up on Hazlewood’s half century when I land. #NZvAUS
— Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) February 29, 2024
Four added
Day 2 kicks off with Cameron Green effortlessly adding four runs to yesterday's total, setting the tone with the morning's first boundary.#NZvAUS #AUSvsNZ pic.twitter.com/rVYnylNISm
— Usman Shaikh 🇮🇳 (@shaikhusman_7) February 29, 2024
TWo powerful teams
NZ vs Aus.
— ذوالکفل zulkifl (@KhanUsama32024) February 29, 2024
Good dream
I had a dream that kiwis are getting all out
— paRaY_YasiR ✍️ (@ParayYasir2) February 29, 2024
for about 40-60 runs.#NZvAUS#NZvsAUS#CricketTwitter #
The list
Youngest Australian to score a Test century in each country
— Krish (@LuciferStan07) February 29, 2024
AUS - Neil Harvey
ENG - Neil Harvey
SA - Phillip Hughes
WI - Graeme Wood
PAK - Greg Ritchie
SL - Hughes
IND - Norm O'Neill
NZ - CAMERON GREEN
UAE - Ricky Ponting
BAN - David Warner
ZIM - Steve Waugh#NZvsAUS | #NZvAUS
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