Mathews expressed his discomfort with the helmet strap and felt unprepared to receive his first delivery as he entered the game as the sixth batter for Sri Lanka.
During the World Cup match in Delhi on Monday (November 6), Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews faced a unique situation in international cricket. He encountered a delay due to issues with his helmet strap while batting at No. 6 for Sri Lanka.
What is the “timed out” rule? According to the playing conditions of the 2023 men’s cricket World Cup, it states that, “After a wicket falls or a batter retires, the incoming batter must, unless Time has been called, be prepared to receive the ball or for the other batter to be ready to receive the next ball within 2 minutes of the dismissal or retirement.”
If the batsman fails to comply with this rule, he will be declared out.
Does the bowler receive credit for the wicket? No, the playing conditions do not attribute the wicket to the bowler in such cases.
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Who else faced the risk of being timed out? In the 2007 South Africa-India Cape Town test match, the then India captain, Sourav Ganguly, was in danger of being timed out, as reported by Wisden India.
However, the Indian team remained unaware of this situation. The on-field umpire, Daryl Harper, even requested the TV umpire, Marias Erasmus, to convey to the Indian dressing room that Tendulkar was not allowed to enter the field. However, the message somehow did not reach its intended recipients.
This incident resulted in chaos, and Ganguly, who was still in his tracksuit, was instructed to go out to bat. By the time he made it to the field, six minutes had passed. The umpires clarified the “exceptional circumstances” to the South Africa team, who chose not to lodge an appeal.
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