Cricket has always been a highly competitive sport where even a single misfield or a dropped has often been seen costing an entire match to a particular team. Yet, there are some incidents in the ‘Gentleman’s Game’ that continue to keep fans’ belief in the ‘spirit of the game’ intact at the Oman Quadrangular T20 series. In a match between Nepal and Ireland, one such incident took place when wicket-keeper Aasif Sheikh refused to run-out Andy Mcbrine despite the latter being well short of his crease.
The incident took place on the third ball of the second-last over of the match which was being bowled by Kamal Singh of Nepal. The batsman on the crease facing Kamal was Ireland’s, Mark Adair. The batter failed to properly connect the ball, yet called the non-striker for a quick single.
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Though the non-striker responded to the batsman’s call, he bumped into the bowler on his way to the other end of the crease. McBrine was pretty far away from the popping crease when the ball was thrown into the hands of the wicket-keeper.
Here is the video of the incident:
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However, having seen the collision between the bowler and the non-striker, the Nepal wicket-keeper decided against taking off the bails and allowed McBrine to walk into the crease unscathed. McBride ended up scoring 11 runs in the game.
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As far as the match is concerned, Ireland eventually got bundled out for 127 runs by Nepal in 20 overs, with George Dockrell (28) being the top scorer. Curtis Campher (20), Andy Balbirine (19), Lorcan Tucker (15) were some of the other top contributors. Dipendra Singh Airee (4/21) was the top wicket-taker for Nepal.
In reply to the chase of 128 runs, Nepal could only score 111 runs in 20 overs, with Dipendra Singh Airee (28) being the top scorer. For Ireland, a total of 4 bowlers picked two wickets each.
