In Melbourne Australia lost by 79 runs After the Pakistan Cricket Team Director Muhammad Hafeez questioned the third umpire’s decision and technology.
Muhammad Hafeez Talking to reporters after the match, he congratulated the Australian team for winning the series but also said that ‘unbalanced’. Umpiring And because of the curse of technology, we didn’t get the results we should have.’
He said that in this match Pakistan team showed great courage and determination and played with passion to win the match. We have made some mistakes which we will learn from, but sometimes it seems like it is a technology show, it is not the cricket we are playing. This is the aspect that should be resolved.’
In this match, Pakistan was given a target of 317 runs to win, which was chased by Pakistan and at one point during the match, it seemed that Pakistan might be in position.
This was the occasion when Pakistan needed 98 runs and still had five wickets to spare, but on that score Mohammad Rizwan, who had been playing positive cricket so far, was dismissed by the third umpire through DRS, though Field umpire Michael Gough gave the decision in favor of Rizwan.
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Third umpire Richard Alngworth, with the help of a hotspot and a syncometer, ruled that the ball had hit Rizwan’s wristband, and he was dismissed.
Rizwan protested on the occasion that the ball hit his arm, due to which he could not be given out.
Former Test captain Muhammad Hafeez said in response to a question after the press conference that ‘Sometimes technology makes decisions that we as humans cannot understand. Hitting the ball on the wickets is always out, why is it the umpire’s decision. I never understood that.’
He further said, ‘These are the things that have to be fixed to improve cricket. Technology is what is taking the game away from the spirit of the game.’
During the press conference, Mohammad Hafeez also said that ‘I am satisfied with the performance of the team, our position was good until half an hour before the end of the match, but mistakes were made at the important moment, due to which the match was lost, the decision to dismiss Rizwan was also turning. Point proved.’
This is not the first time that the third umpire’s decision has been questioned after a Pakistan team match in recent months. During the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, Pakistan lost the match as a result of a decision by the third umpire, after which former Indian off-spinner Prabhajan Singh blamed the Pakistani team’s defeat in his post on X. Describing ‘bad umpiring’ and ‘bad rules’ Said that Pakistan had to pay the price in this match.
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2024-08-29 19:54:07
