During the 15th over of Sri Lanka’s innings, Charith Asalanka guided Liam Dawson towards short third. Jofra Archer collected the ball and threw towards the striker’s end. Pavan Rathnayake was short of his crease when the stumps were broken, but a second look raised questions over whether the wicket had been legally broken.
Replays showed that England wicketkeeper Jordan Cox had dislodged both bails with his gloves just before Archer’s throw reached the stumps. Holdstock spent around two minutes reviewing the footage before overturning the on-field decision and signalling not out.
A further review showed that Archer’s throw had struck one of the stumps with enough force to uproot it completely from the ground. After around another 90 seconds of deliberation, Holdstock reversed his decision again and gave Pavan Rathnayake out. The entire process took around four minutes.
MCC Laws Explain Why Pavan Rathnayake Was Eventually Out
The two relevant MCC Laws read as follows:
29.2.1.6: "The wicket is also broken fairly if a fielder strikes or pulls a stump out of the ground (as in 29.2.1.5)."
Notably, the decision was unusual enough to leave several experienced figures surprised. The MCC, which writes and interprets the Laws of Cricket, is expected to provide further clarification on the incident in the coming days.
Mark Butcher and Tom Banton React to Bizarre Decision
“I’ll be honest, I have never seen that before, so I actually don’t know. But we take the mick out of Jamie Overton because he seems to know everything, and he said it was out straight away,” Banton said.
“What I find hard to believe is that in all the years I’ve either played or commentated on the game, I’ve never seen this before or heard that law before. Everybody knows that if you break the stumps and the bails come off, then you need to get the ball in your hand and take the stump out in order to affect the run-out. I’ve never heard the sub-Law about the throw knocking the stump out of the ground, and that counting as a dismissal,” Butcher said.
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