Plenty of annoying things happen on the cricket field during a match but one particular sight widely looked at by a large number of cricket lovers quickly accelerated their throbbing pulse was the decision of the World Cup 2019 victor on the basis of the team’s sixes and fours. As the match between the two teams failed to beget the result at the completion of fifty overs and the super over, there was one rule that allowed the English team to win the ICC World Cup. Though England’s captain Eoin Morgan said that Allah was with the team.
According to the rule, in case the formula of super over fails to break the tie in the final, the team that hit the most of boundaries (fours and sixes combined) wins the trophy. And this happened with England. But, this bizarre principle was not likened by the cricketers. Some said the balanced decision would have been a declaration of tie between both the countries. The match did not deserve a winner and the trophy should have been shared.
Some rules in cricket definitely needs a serious look in.
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) July 15, 2019
Those who did not support the above-mentioned rule regarded it as absurd, ridiculous and horrible. Along with Rohit Sharma, Brett Lee wrote how the rule must change. Dean Jones also rejects the rule as unfair.
Notwithstanding the 46-day-long World Cup cricket matches (48) played at 11 stadiums in England and Wales are now over. It will be remembered for wrong umpiring, better cricket by the Afghans than most, the unceremonious exit of Indian team, Bangladesh’s field performance and New Zealand’s final clash. England won the World Cup by a virtue of 26 boundaries compared to 17 by the Kiwis. In the face of the international cricket, this is a relatively unkind way of selecting the winner.