Umpire Nitin Menon took the help of the replays and adjudged Smith to be not out, a decision which was met with boos from the England crowd.
The world of cricket was divided once again during the Ashes when third umpire Nitin Menon adjudged Australia batter Steve Smith to be not out following a controversial run out decision.
In the 78th over, Smith played a ball to midwicket and called for a two. As he dived to make his ground, initially it was thought that he had failed to get home as wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow dislodged the bails.
When the decision was sent upstairs it was seen from the initial replay that Bairstow had dislodged the bails before collecting the ball while Smith was short of the crease. However, after a closer check it was revealed that when Bairstow had removed the bails completely, Smith was inside the crease.
Umpire Nitin Menon took the help of the replays and adjudged Smith to be not out, a decision which was met with boos from the England crowd.
However, Marylebone Cricket Club concurred with Menon and stated,” Law 29.1 states: “The wicket is broken when at least one bail is completely removed from the top of the stumps, or one or more stumps is removed from the ground.”
“Tom Smith’s Cricket Umpiring and Scoring, MCC’s Official Interpretation of the Laws of Cricket, adds: “For the purposes of dismissal – a bail has been removed at the moment that both ends of it leave their grooves.” it added.
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