World Cup Cricket Tips: ICC admits umpire's decision was wrong

The Dhaka Times Desk The decision to give a runout to England's James Anderson as 'dead' was a wrong decision by the umpire, the ICC admitted.

The ICC has admitted that the decision to give England's James Anderson a 'dead' run-out on the first day of the World Cup was a wrong decision. Umpire Aleem Dar first dismissed James Taylor lbw on the fifth ball of the 42nd over against Australia. Taylor appealed for a review against the umpire's decision on Jos Hazlewood's ball. Taylor also won reviews. But Anderson could not reach the crease in time while taking a single run from the same ball. Glenn Maxwell broke that stump. Taylor was saved LBW but leg umpire Kumar Dharmasena gave Anderson a run out.

According to media reports, according to the rules, the ball is supposed to be 'dead' after the umpire raises his finger for lbw. In that case there should be no more run or runout after becoming 'dead'. Later, the ICC made a statement about the umpire's mistake.

The ICC Playing Control Team spoke to the England team management and admitted that the match was wrongly concluded. Another mistake is made.

Note that England lost the match by 111 runs to Australia on the first day's game on Saturday. Anderson missed out on his maiden ODI century by 2 runs as he was dismissed. He was unbeaten with 98 runs.