The botched interpretation of one of cricket's most confusing rules became the story of the World Cup final. Now it appears that same mistake featured in David Warner's incredible innings of 335 not out 🤔 9WWOS AUSvPAK Cricket
The ICC directed us to the Test Match playing conditions, specifically law 19.8, which states: "If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the wilful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be any runs for penalties awarded to either side and the allowance for the boundary and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.
The incident in the World Cup final was especially significant, given the match finished in a tie at the end of 50 overs, with umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Marias Erasmus coming under fire for making a wrong call at such a crucial moment. "In this case, we were all happy that the batsmen had completed the second run because the ball ricocheted off Stokes's bat at the time of him completing the second run.
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