Bizarre Cricket Dismissal
December 10th 2006 07:48
New Zealand wrapped up the the First cricket test against Sri Lanka with a five wicket win, but the result seems irrelevant compared with the means of getting there.
In a bizarre dismissal Sri Lanka's spin chucker Muralitharan was given out when congratulating batsman Kumar Sangakkara on a century.
It happened as the pair completed their single to give him a century. They dawdled through for a single and he raised his bat and took his helmet off at the non strikers end to celebrate scoring a century.
Murali completed the single and strangely left his crease to congratulate his team mate before the ball had been returned to New Zealand keeper McCullum by fieldsman Martin.
There was never any doubt that Murali was not going for a second, but New Zealand quite within their rights broke the stumps with Murali with his mind on his team mate's celebration was dismissed.
This wicket finished the innings and who knows could've handed New Zealand the game.
It was within the rules because the ball wasn't dead, but it was unethical.
Thoughts/ coments?
In a bizarre dismissal Sri Lanka's spin chucker Muralitharan was given out when congratulating batsman Kumar Sangakkara on a century.
It happened as the pair completed their single to give him a century. They dawdled through for a single and he raised his bat and took his helmet off at the non strikers end to celebrate scoring a century.
Murali completed the single and strangely left his crease to congratulate his team mate before the ball had been returned to New Zealand keeper McCullum by fieldsman Martin.
There was never any doubt that Murali was not going for a second, but New Zealand quite within their rights broke the stumps with Murali with his mind on his team mate's celebration was dismissed.
This wicket finished the innings and who knows could've handed New Zealand the game.
It was within the rules because the ball wasn't dead, but it was unethical.
Thoughts/ coments?
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