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The second day of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final between South -Africa and Australia He witnessed a strange moment that threatened to reign a “cricket spirit” debate. South -Africa David BordinghamIn an unusual manipose incident, just before lunch, he admitted that he panic when he faced an uncomfortable situation involved in the Australian Wicketkeper Alex Carey.
The controversial handling of the ball that involves David Bedingham
The incident was deployed in the final before the lunch break at Lord’s. Bedingham, beating on 31, tried to defend a delivery Beau Webster out of the back foot. The ball took an inner edge, turned to the flap of his pad and turned badly into the air. Carey, alert and loaded behind the collisions, tried to pick it up before he reached the ground.
In this second place, Bedingham instinctively came out and threw the ball, an action that triggered a brief moment of uncertainty. Although the fields in the countryside, Richard Illingworth and Chris gaffaneyHe had already ruled the dead ball, the nature of Bedingham’s movement momentarily brought the rare dismissal of “manipulating the ball” in the image.
When speaking at the end of the day, Bedingham admitted to lose his composition during the sequence, explaining that with Carey he was near and loaded, he instinctively grabbed and dropped the ball so that it may seem suspicious. Although a dead ball had already governed, Bedingham acknowledged that his reaction could have been misunderstood and expressing relief that was controversial from the moment, as even his teammates advised him to stay calm and not react impulsively.
“Yes, I think I went into panic. Because Carey was standing, he was quite close. The fields said, regardless, was a dead ball. But I think the way I took the ball and dropped a little scared. I am happy that nothing happened, really. Bedingham said in the post-Dia press.
What the laws say
Fraser StewartThe MCC’s cricket chief and an ex -director of laws stated that the Umpires made the “right decision for the game”. Although a strict reading of Law 20.1.1 could suggest that the ball was not completely stationary, the law also states that a ball is considered dead if it is trapped between the bat and the body of a batter or is staying on clothes or team.
Captain of Australia PAT CumminsAiming to the post-game of the media, he reduced the situation. Although he confirmed that the call was retired, Cummins suggested that even if the wide ones had not intervened, he would probably have retired himself.
Especially while manipulating the ball was once a type of autonomous removal, since 2017, has merged under “obstructing the field”. The most recent instance of this was in 2023, when Bangladesh’s Mushfiquur Rahim He surrendered to handle the ball against New Zealand in Mirpur. Before, former Captain of England Michael Vaughan It was among the few who had fallen into the unique dismissal.
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