Poor umpiring was in focus once again during the ICC Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand at Lord’s with three umpiring errors in the first innings.
First, New Zealand opener Henry Nicholls was given out leg before wicket by Kumar Dharmasena oﷺff Chris Woakes in the third over. The batsman reviewed successfully as ▨replays showed that the ball was going over the stumps.
In the 23rd over, once again Dharmasen🧸a failed to spot a nick off Kane Williamson. The English bowler, Liam Plunkett, pressed for a review and the hosts got the decision in their favour.
Experienced Ma๊rais Erasmus also made a wrong decision when he gave Ross Taylor lbw off Mark Wood in🐓 the 34th over. Replays showed the ball was going over the stumps, but New Zealand did not have a review left as Martin Guptill used one for an lbw call earlier.
Fans were unhappy to see so many discrepancies in the World Cup final and bashed the umpires:
Umpiring in the finals thus far…. 😑
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
What⛎ an exciting World Cup Final between Dharmasena and Erasmus.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar)
You can blame Guptill for burning the review and fair enough, but that always looked a pretty poor lbw decision aℱnd the only person responsible for that was Erasmus.
— Brydon Coverdale (@brydoncoverdale)
Poor umpiring and that too in World Cup Final.
Every one was suffering fro✅m Dharmasena and here comes Marais Erasmus
Tough Luck NZ and Ross Taylor.
Its Extremely Disapointing.
— Abdul Ghaffar 🇵🇰 (@GhaffarDawnNews)
Bloody hell Erasmus has eyes hawks dream of
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@TobyonTV)
I think every wicket should be automatically re🅘viewed by 3rd umpire. Plus 2 unsuccessful reviews for bowling team. Done. ICC, please send me the cheque.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats)
I somehow think umpires should be trained specifically to officiate in a ground where the slope is as pronounced as in Lord's.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42)
Well , another poor umpiring decision affecting the course of an important match! Blunder by umpire Erasmus this time. This isn't cricket, it's a joke
— The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE)
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Erasmus going full Dharmasena. Absolute scenes.
— Dave Tickner (@tickerscricket)
He’s responsible for about a 60 run swing already Erasmus – should hang his head in shame!
— Brenton Speed (@BrentonSpeed)
Just Kumar Dharmasena things
— Pranav. (@pranavkudav)
When Dharamsena is umpiring, Batsman is like :
— Right Arm Over (@RightArmOver_)
Wrong decision but getting the right decision isn't a priority
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Some of the famous people from diff♕erent countries who fought against the Bri🔴tish:
India – Mahatma Gandhi.
South Africa – Nelson Mandela.
Sri Lanka – Kumar Dharmasena.
— Shridhar V (@iimcomic)
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Jis tarah ke decision Dharam🥀sena le raha, isne jarur apne ladke ko engineering dilwai hogi
— InGenious (@Bees_Kut)
Son: Papa Engineering karu ki MBA?
Dharmasena: Engineering.
Son: Thanks papa decision lene mai problem ho rꩲahi thi, MBA karung🅺a.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
