David Bedingham opens to solve the controversy of the ball during the 2nd day with VS AUS WTC 2025 finals

The other day World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 Finals between South Africa and Australia He testified a bizarre moment that threatened to restart the discussion of the “spirit of the crislette”. South Africa David BordinghamIn an unusual incident with a ball just before lunch, he admitted that he had panicked when he faced an unpleasant situation in which the Australian Guardian participated Alex Carey.

Controversial treatment with the moment of the ball involving David Bedingham

The incident took place in the finals before the lunch break with the master. Bedingham, hitting 31, tried to defend the delivery of Beau Webster from the back leg. The ball took the inner edge, bounced on his lid and hovered clumsily in the air. Carey, awake and charging behind the stumps, tried to collect it before hitting the ground.

In that part of a second, Bedingham instinctively reached and rejected the ball – an action that launched a brief moment of uncertainty. Although they are on the ground of multiplication, Richard Illingworth and Chris GaffaneyHe has already judged the ball dead, the nature of Bedingham’s movement for a moment brought a rare throw of the ball into the picture.

Speaking at the end of the day of the game, Bedingham admitted that he had lost its calm during a series, explaining that with Carey standing close and full, instinctively picked up and lowered the ball in a way that may seem suspicious. Although Umari had already judged the dead ball, Bedingham admitted that his reaction could have been misinterpreted and expressed relief that nothing controversial was the result of a moment, as even his teammates advised him to remain calm and not respond to impulsively.

“Yes, I think I panicked in a lot of time. Since Carey got up, he was quite close. They died, no matter what, it was a dead ball. But I think I took the ball and put it in charge. Glad nothing happened to me. said Bedingham in a post-day press.

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What the laws say

Fraser StewartThe MCC chief of the cricket and the former law manager stated that the Sutka had made a “correct game decision”. Although strictly reading the law 20.1.1 could suggest that the ball is not completely motionless, the law also notes that the ball is considered dead if it becomes trapped between the stick and the dough body or place in their clothes or equipment.

Captain of Australia Pat cumminsSpeaking to the media post-play, diminishing the situation. Although he confirmed that the appeal was withdrawn, Cummins hinted that even if the summaries had not intervened, he would probably withdraw it himself.

Significant, while the ball treatment was once a independent type of release, since 2017 it has been connected under the “obstruction of the field”. The latest instance of this came in 2023 when Bangladesh Mushfiquiquur Rahim He received a ball against New Zealand in Mirpur. Before that, the former Captain of England Michael Vaughan He was among a few who fell to a unique release.

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