Kerr was n't given run-out because the ball was deemed dead, but questions around the incident remain
There was distress, and no little fury, as India were at the heart of an officiating discussion during their children's T20 World Cup match against New Zealand in Dubai on Friday, which India lost by 58 works. They felt they had a reasonable batsman- a run-out of Amelia Kerr- but it was n't to get, with the umpires deciding the game was dead when the departure was effected.
The charm for the run-out came after Kerr was caught small of her surface while attempting a second work in the 14th over of New Zealand's pitches. Having hit the ball towards long-off off the last game of Deepti Sharma's over, Kerr and Sophie Devine took a second. With Harmanpreet Kaur, the catcher, collecting the game and trundling in with it in her arms, Kerr and Devine tried pinching a minute. Deepti, however, had asked the judge to side her cover up to her and had been given it. Spotting the pitchers running, Harmanpreet fired the game in, Richa Ghosh collected it, and broke the trunks with Kerr small of her seam.
But the umpires- Anna Harris and Jacqueline Williams- decided the puck was dying, and anything that came after, the dismissal in this case, would hardly qualify as having occurred with the ball "in play".
Amol Muzumdar, India's head coach, engaged in an animated conversation with the fifth umpire while Kerr was close to the limit before being called again, which was held up for more than seven minutes.
Jemimah Rodrigues said after the game that despite the fact that I was no present when the umpire awarded Deepti the cap," New Zealand were fairly certain that it was a double run and Amelia went for it because it showed that the above was not called out however." And we all thought that, okay, we got that run-out. What if that run-out would n't happen? Do they provide us a two for that. So I think, actually, that's no in our control at the end. We respect the decision of the judge and we were cool with that. But yeah, it's a little harsh when Amelia herself walked up because she knew she was up".
Speaking after the match, Devine said she had n't heard the judge call the over and that she and Kerr were trying take an extra work. She said," I did n't hear the umpire call the ball over, but my understanding is that the ball is dead." It was interesting, and I suppose it lost some momentum and possibly stifled [ India ] a little. That's piece of cricket. Interpretation is going to be somewhat unique. You never know when a few works will make a difference, so we were always trying to squeeze run in between. We regard that, but I occasionally push the boundaries a little bit because the judges have a job to do.
For perspective, here's a look at the executive part of the MCC guideline on the issue.
The bowler's end umpire may visit and sign "dead ball" if it is necessary to inform the players that the ball has become useless. The ball shall be considered useless when it is obvious that the fielding side and both batters at the wicket have ceased to view it as in play.
However, the questions did n't end there.
Kerr should have been back on strike for the start of the next over because it had been decided as a single. However, it was Devine who took strike against Renuka Singh and nudged a single. Kerr was out off the following delivery when she hit the ball to Pooja Vastrakar at extra cover, to be dismissed for 13 off 22 balls.
" We know how important Amelia's wicket was, at that moment it felt a little]like ] why did n't it go in our favour", Rodrigues said. " But, at the same time, I think we did what we can. We spoke to the umpire. Then, we had to accept the umpire's decision and leave. So I think that's what we did really well, that we just moved on from that. And we got her out pretty soon. So we get that.
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