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Scorchers captain Ashton Turner and BBL umpire Bruce Oxenford have created a stir after the latter bizarrely reversed his decision after initially giving the batter out caught behind.
Turner tried to pull a delivery from Stars bowler Xaver Crone, only to miss and for the ball to fly through to wicket-keeper Joe Clarke.
There was a noise as the ball passed Turner, with Oxenford giving the Scorchers star out caught behind.
But as Oxenford was pondering his decision, Turner was heard yelling out “helmet”. Replays showed the ball appeared to miss the bat and, indeed, came out off the helmet.
The decision was then bizarrely reversed by the umpire, with Turner surviving.
“No sorry not out,” Oxenford was heard saying moments after he put his finger up.
“The deflection’s gone that way and it has come off the lid. Not out.”
Stars skipper Glenn Maxwell then approached Oxenford for an explanation.
”Sorry mate, I realised as soon as I put the finger up,” Oxenford told Maxwell.
The Stars all-rounder was heard saying “don’t get sucked in by that”, before Oxenford replied: “No mate, I’m not ... The deflection’s gone the wrong way.”
Commentators Mark Howard, Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan then debated whether Turner was unfairly influencing the umpire after the farcical scenes at Junction Oval.
Vaughan suggested Turner’s “helmet” cry may have had an influence on Oxenford’s reversal.
“I reckon he was (influenced). I reckon Turner’s shouted ‘helmet, helmet’ and he’s just changed his mind.
“Again, it’s fine if it’s the right decision.”
Vaughan believes the right decision was eventually made, but like Gilchrist and Howard he believes Turner overstepped the mark.
“It is the right decision by the looks of it,” he said. “Whatever way you get to the right decision whether, you are using technology or the umpire changing his mind.
“I don’t like the player shouting out. I think it is down to the umpire to make the call without the player saying anything, but fundamentally if that is the right decision at the end of the day that is absolutely fine by me.”
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Gilchrist said it was “dangerous territory” for batters to be making gestures while an umpire is making a decision.
“It’s courageous umpiring to go, ‘I’ve made a mistake there so I’m happy to overturn it’ — and they do have the power to do that, so that’s fine,” Gilchrist said.
“But the only issue is the fact it seems like he’s responded to a player gesturing, now that opens up the opportunity should another player be in a similar situation by hitting their pad when they think they’ve edged it.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...s/news-story/894476833b66c1d05d539ba21bdda54e
Scorchers captain Ashton Turner and BBL umpire Bruce Oxenford have created a stir after the latter bizarrely reversed his decision after initially giving the batter out caught behind.
Turner tried to pull a delivery from Stars bowler Xaver Crone, only to miss and for the ball to fly through to wicket-keeper Joe Clarke.
There was a noise as the ball passed Turner, with Oxenford giving the Scorchers star out caught behind.
But as Oxenford was pondering his decision, Turner was heard yelling out “helmet”. Replays showed the ball appeared to miss the bat and, indeed, came out off the helmet.
The decision was then bizarrely reversed by the umpire, with Turner surviving.
“No sorry not out,” Oxenford was heard saying moments after he put his finger up.
“The deflection’s gone that way and it has come off the lid. Not out.”
Stars skipper Glenn Maxwell then approached Oxenford for an explanation.
”Sorry mate, I realised as soon as I put the finger up,” Oxenford told Maxwell.
The Stars all-rounder was heard saying “don’t get sucked in by that”, before Oxenford replied: “No mate, I’m not ... The deflection’s gone the wrong way.”
Commentators Mark Howard, Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan then debated whether Turner was unfairly influencing the umpire after the farcical scenes at Junction Oval.
Vaughan suggested Turner’s “helmet” cry may have had an influence on Oxenford’s reversal.
“I reckon he was (influenced). I reckon Turner’s shouted ‘helmet, helmet’ and he’s just changed his mind.
“Again, it’s fine if it’s the right decision.”
Vaughan believes the right decision was eventually made, but like Gilchrist and Howard he believes Turner overstepped the mark.
“It is the right decision by the looks of it,” he said. “Whatever way you get to the right decision whether, you are using technology or the umpire changing his mind.
“I don’t like the player shouting out. I think it is down to the umpire to make the call without the player saying anything, but fundamentally if that is the right decision at the end of the day that is absolutely fine by me.”
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Gilchrist said it was “dangerous territory” for batters to be making gestures while an umpire is making a decision.
“It’s courageous umpiring to go, ‘I’ve made a mistake there so I’m happy to overturn it’ — and they do have the power to do that, so that’s fine,” Gilchrist said.
“But the only issue is the fact it seems like he’s responded to a player gesturing, now that opens up the opportunity should another player be in a similar situation by hitting their pad when they think they’ve edged it.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...s/news-story/894476833b66c1d05d539ba21bdda54e
