ICC WWC 2017: Absence of Third Umpire denies Australia a certain run-out
Replays confirmed that Nation was clearly short of her crease when the keeper took the bails off.
ICC Women’s World Cup got underway on 24th June and it has already been termed as the biggest event in terms of the following of the fans in the history of Women’s cricket. In the 4th match of the event, Australia Women are taking on the Women from the Caribbean nation. In the match between India and England, history was created as Decision Review System (DRS) was used for the first time.
A bizarre incident followed on Monday during the Australia-West Indies match which ICC has to take note of. Stafanie Taylor won the toss and opted to bat first against the Aussies. In the 14th over of their innings, middle order batswoman Chedean Nation, on 2 then, pulled the ball towards square leg and came back for the second run.
The fielder threw the ball quickly to the keeper and it was a close call as she took the bails off. There was an appeal from the players but the umpire, Kathy Cross, gave it not out on the field and kept the bails in their place. Replays clearly showed that Nation was well short. She went on to score 39 runs and was eventually dismissed by Kristen Beams. West Indies too, could only muster 204 and they could not even bat their full quota of 50 overs
Why was Third Umpire not called for?
Replays confirmed that Nation was clearly short of her crease when the keeper took the bails off. Many would have raised their eyebrows questioning why the third umpire was not called on to make the decision.
The reason was that this game did not have a television umpire and hence there was no way for the umpire Kathy Cross to double check. “Cross is the one that has to give the decision because we have no television backup,” confirmed the commentator on air.
ICC has to come up with an explanation for this mistake and it looks very strange to not use something as basic as TV umpire in a World Cup match. A fewer number of cameras present for non-televised matches could be one of the reasons but it looks odd that such an excuse is still needed in a World event.
Despite this incident, Australia are looking firm favourites to win this game as their openers have got off to a great start.
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