Watch: Australia denied wicket vs West Indies… because nobody appealed for run-out!

In a bizarre incident that unfolded during Australia’s second T20I match against West Indies, where the home team was denied a wicket after no one appealed and umpire Gerard Abood ruled it not out.

In the 19th over of the match, West Indies No 11, Alzarri Joseph drove to cover and ran. Australian skipper Mitchell Marsh collected the ball and threw it to Spencer Johnson whipped off the bails and didn’t appealed.

On the big screen, it suggested that the batter was short of the crease and the Australians started celebrating but it was cut short after Abod said: “Stop, stop, stop, hang on. Stop, there was no appeal.”

No appeal = no run out?

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Australian batter Tim David, who had been fielding at deep point near the boundary rope, told Abood: “I appealed, Gerard I appealed, I promise you.

“This is a joke.

“I appealed from deep point, I appealed.”

David Warner could be heard saying, “it’s an umpire error.”

Abood responded: “This is ridiculous. Guys, we’re getting into really poor territory. Get on with the game.”

Australia ultimately won the match by 34 runs, with the hosts taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

As per the Law 31.1: ““Neither umpire shall give a batter out, even though they may be out under the Laws, unless appealed to by a fielder.”

But the Law 31.3 suggests that the Australians could have appealed for the dismissal after replays were shown on the big screens.

“For an appeal to be valid, it must be made before the bowler begins their run-up.”

“I think the umpire deemed that no one had appealed, and there was a few of us that thought we did appeal,” Glenn Maxwell said after the game.

“To be fair I understand, it wasn’t like it was a screaming appeal from everyone but probably one of those things where you expect it to go up to the third umpire, we thought it was pretty close and there were a few of us putting our hands up.

“We sort of stopped, thinking he’d sent it upstairs, and everyone was turned around watching the big screen and the batter had already started walking off. So it was just confusing – thank God it didn’t cost the game. Just one of those weird rules in cricket, we should probably just be a bit louder with our appeals.”

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