Australia has witnessed yet another dominating win over New Zealand in the third and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. However, on Day 4 of the match saw Australia extend their dominance thanks to a brilliant century from David Warner — his 24th in Test cricket. Australia declared their second innings at 217 for two on Monday, leaving New Zealand the improbable task of scoring 416 runs for victory.
The New Zealand team has been bundled out for 136 runs ended up losing the game by a huge margin of 279 runs. Australia’s near-perfect day, though, had a small blip when they were given a five-run penalty by umpire Aleem Dar for “running in the ‘danger zone’ of the pitch”.
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Warner, who had already gone past his three-figure mark, was left baffled by Aleem Dar’s decision and was heard asking the umpire: “For what. What am I doing wrong?”
Here is the video of the incident:
Australia have been penalised five runs for running in the 'danger zone' of the pitch.#AUSvNZ | https://t.co/rx14Qs3S0i pic.twitter.com/sIEtazVcXl
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 6, 2020
According to cricket.com.au, Warner asked the other on-field umpire, Marias Erasmus “what do you want me to do, play the shot and jump this way?” as he motioned jumping sideways.
Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee, who was on-air commentating for For Cricket, was also confused by Aleem Dar’s decision. He said, “I think it’s a fair point from David Warner. I mean, where’s he meant to run?” On the other hand, Fox Cricket analyst Kerry O’Keeffe concurred with Lee. He said, “I don’t think he could have veered off quicker than he did, given his momentum.”
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Aleem Dar had first given an official warning to Marnus Labuschagne for running down the middle of the wicket. Two balls later, Dar deemed Warner had run on the danger zone while running for a quick single and gave the hosts the penalty.
The five runs were added to New Zealand’s first innings, boosting it from 251 to 256 to leave the tourists needing 416 to win the third Test.
