Sri Lanka‘s newly appointed T20I captain, Wanindu Hasaranga, expressed his frustration and disappointment following a controversial non-no-ball name made by umpire Lyndon Hannibal in the course of the third T20I towards Afghanistan on the Rangiri Dambulla Worldwide Stadium in Dambulla on Wednesday (February 21).
Dramatic flip within the final over in third T20I
Regardless of having already secured the T20I sequence, Sri Lanka confronted a difficult chase, requiring 210 runs to win. With 19 wanted off the final over, Sri Lanka appeared poised for victory as Kamindu Mendis struck two fours within the first three balls. Nonetheless, the turning level got here on the fourth supply when a excessive full toss by Wafadar Momand above the waist top of Mendis was deemed authorized by Hannibal, who was positioned at sq. leg.
Umpiring controversy shadows Sri Lanka’s end
Mendis, regardless of his request for a evaluation, couldn’t avail it because of the newest ICC taking part in situations, which prohibit critiques for something aside from potential dismissals. Though Mendis was outdoors his crease, his crouched place prompt that the ball would have nonetheless cleared his waist even when performed from the crease. The following supply was referred to as a large, leaving Sri Lanka needing 10 off the final two balls. Nonetheless, a dot on the penultimate supply and a last-ball six lowered the margin of defeat as Sri Lanka completed three runs brief at 206/6.
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Wanindu Hasaranga voices frustration towards Umpire
Hasaranga, visibly upset by Hannibal’s determination, criticized the umpiring error, emphasizing that such errors shouldn’t occur on the worldwide degree. Moreover, Hasaranga expressed dissatisfaction with the evaluation system, suggesting that the third umpire ought to have the ability to test all forms of no-balls, not simply the front-foot ones.
“That sort of factor shouldn’t occur in a world match. If it had been shut [to waist height], that’s not an issue. However a ball that’s going so excessive… it will have hit the batsman’s head if it had gone a bit of greater. If you happen to can’t see that, that umpire isn’t suited to worldwide cricket. It might be significantly better if he did one other job,” Hasaranga stated.
“There was a scenario the place you could possibly evaluation these calls earlier than, however the ICC has removed that. Our batsmen tried to evaluation that. If the third umpire is ready to test the front-foot no-ball, he ought to test this sort of no-ball as properly. There’s no purpose why they’ll’t. They didn’t do even that, so I’m undecided what was happening in his (the square-leg umpire’s) thoughts on the time,” the 26-year-old concluded.
