New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham has made fun at the International Cricket Council (ICC) after they changed the controversial boundary rule which saw New Zealand lose the 2019 World Cup to England.
“Next on the agenda: Better binoculars for the ice spotters on the Titanic,” Neesham shared on Twitter on Tuesday.
Next on the agenda: Better binoculars for the Ice spotters on the Titanic https://t.co/nwUp4Ks3Mp
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) October 14, 2019
In the July 14 World Cup final, England ended up scoring 242. The Super Over also ended in a tie but England’s tally of 22 boundaries against New Zealand’s 17 throughout the match helped England to win the title. However, on Monday, the ICC resolved the boundary rule on the board meeting.
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“In group stages, if the Super Over is tied, the match will be tied. In Semi Finals and Finals, there is one change to the Super Over regulation in keeping with the basic principle of scoring more runs than the opponent to win, the Super Over will be repeated until one team has more runs than the other,” said an ICC media release.
Like James Neesham, former New Zealand batting coach Craig McMillan was also annoyed with ICC’s decision. “Bit late ICC,” McMillan tweeted.
How about fixing the other rule issue @ICC……a dead ball once the ball has hit/deflected from a batsman??
— Craig McMillan (@cmacca10) October 14, 2019
“How about fixing the other rule issue ICC…… a dead ball once the ball has hit/deflected from a batsman??”
England were given six runs for the overthrow, which ultimately resulted that England won their maiden World Cup at the Lord’s. Simon Taufel, the former international umpire had said that the umpires made a mistake while awarding six runs to England, instead of he had to give five runs. Kumar Dharmasena, who was the umpire at that time, faced criticisms for his controversial overthrow call, had also accepted his mistake but he also said that he didn’t regret the decision. Even ICC had also backed the umpire for the issue.
