[ad_1]
Australian T20 captain Mitch Marsh moved to shut down any controversy over a missed run-out in Sunday’s win over the West Indies and conceded the umpire “got it right” amid some questions over the behaviour of some of his players.
Marsh, who baulked at questions about leading Australia at the T20 World Cup as he arrived home in Perth for the third and final T20, said he and his players should always “respect” any umpiring decision as he backed umpire Gerard Abood’s handling of the situation.
He will have some new players to keep in line with boom batter Jake Fraser-McGurk added to the squad as “additional cover” for the final match along with bowler Wes Agar, with pace ace Josh Hazlewood released from the squad for the dead-rubber to prepare for the New Zealand Test series.
McGurk could add a T20 debut to his two ODI caps having blasted the West Indies in Canberra with an 18-ball innings of 48.
The third match comes after Abood had to tell several Australians to “get on with the game” in Adelaide after declaring no-one appealed for a late run out in the convincing 34-run win.
As players assembled to question why Jason Holder was not given out after the throw from Marsh allowed Spencer Johnson to take the bails off, Abood said the complaining players were “getting into really poor territory”.
Stump microphones even picked up Tim David saying “this is a joke” having been adamant he appealed from the outfield.
But Marsh, the newly crowned Allan Border medallist and man most likely to lead Australia at the World Cup in the Caribbean and USA, declared Abood was in the right.
“My thoughts were I probably should have appealed,” he said.
“If you look back, it was probably the right call.
“There were certain guys I thought they appealed on the boundary, but ultimately I see it as any umpiring decision, we respect it, and we’ve moved on.”
Australian match-winner Glenn Maxwell, who smashed 120 in the win, was adamant there were enough appeals for a decision to come from the umpire.
But he also said there wasn’t a “screaming appeal” and possibly umpire Abood, who wears a protective helmet, needed some more vigour from the Australians.
“The umpire deemed that no-one had appealed,” Australian century-maker Glenn Maxwell said.
“And there was a few of us that thought we did appeal. That was basically just where the confusion is.
“And to be fair, I understand, it wasn’t like a screaming appeal from everyone.
“We thought it was pretty close, and there were a few of us sort of putting their hands up.
“It was just confusing … just a weird one, one of those weird rules in cricket.
“We should probably just be a little bit louder with our appeals.”
Abood was following rule 31.1 of the laws of cricket, which clearly says Neither umpire shall give a batter out, even though he/she may be out under the laws, unless appealed to by a fielder.
Originally published as Australian T20 captain Mitch Marsh says players have to respect the umpire’s decision at all times
[ad_2]
Source link
