A doubtful choice by an umpire through the ongoing County Championship has left England allrounder Ben Stokes shocked and confused. The incident occured throughout a Division 1 recreation between Kent and Hampshire whereby the umpire appears to have wrongly adjudged a batter caught regardless of the ball apparently lacking the bat earlier than going into the fielder’s fingers.
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The video of the dismissal has left the cricketing world divided with individuals declaring the hole between the ball and bat proper earlier than the catch. The sufferer was Jordan Cox batting from Kent’s group.
In the eightieth over of Kent’s second innings, offspinner Felix Organ bowled to Cox who was batting on 64. The supply was full-length, and the ball landed exterior off stump and Cox tackled it along with his foot. The ball hit the pads and fell into the fingers of the short-leg fielder Joe Weatherly after deflection.
Cox raised his bat ensuring that the ball received’t get any a part of it. To his shock, the on-field umpire declared the batter out and raised his index finger.
The video of the occasion was shared by the LV Insurance County Championship’s official Twitter deal with displaying the umpire declaring the batter out.
The video quickly went viral quickly after it was shared and has gained greater than 1200 likes, 85 retweets and 178 quote tweets.
You’re the umpire. Are you giving this out? 👀#LVCountyChamp pic.twitter.com/ec4fwFJOAS
— LV= Insurance County Championship (@CountyChamp) April 24, 2022
Stokes was amongst the individuals who have been shocked with the choice.
While retweeting the video, Stokes wrote, “What… … .how Nope.”
What…….how 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Nope https://t.co/vARf6RDo0y
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) April 24, 2022
Cricketer Sam Billings, who’s in India for IPL 2022, additionally expressed his disappointment with the umpire and wrote “Seriously…”
Seriously… 🙃
— Sam Billings (@sambillings) April 24, 2022
Hampshire received the match by 51 runs and an innings. Kent scored 305 runs within the first innings with the assistance of Daniel Bell-Drummond who knocked 149 runs.
Hampshire, declared their innings at 652/6, with a lead of 347 runs.
Kent tried their greatest however have been all out for 296, giving the win to Hampshire by 51 runs and an innings.
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