'Wrong decision': Cricket's flat battery quirk exposed

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One of cricket's weirder quirks was exposed successful New Zealand's demolition derby of Sri Lanka erstwhile a seemingly clear-cut run-out was not given.

Up against the partition astatine 8-57 chasing a 275-run target, Chamika Karunaratne was sent backmost by Lahiru Kumara aft looking to bargain a 2nd run.

The middle-order batter was saved erstwhile a level artillery successful 1 of the light-up bails went flat.

Even though it appeared Karunaratne was retired of his crushed and 1 bail had been dislodged from the stump, the 3rd umpire Chirs Brown gave it not out.

Only erstwhile the 2nd bail was dislodged did it and the stumps airy up, astatine which constituent Karunaratne was wrong the crease.

Commentators were near perplexed by the incident.

"Where's the bail? It hasn't lit up," erstwhile Blackcaps batter Craig McMillan tin beryllium heard saying successful the inheritance connected commentary.

"Look, there's separation there, the battery's gone. The power's gone. He has to beryllium out, there's separation."

He added, "It's astonishing what a level artillery volition outgo you. There was separation betwixt bail and stump there. He was walking off, Chamika, helium knew helium was out."

McMillan wasn't the lone 1 near confused by the telephone with respective bewildered Blackcaps players approaching umpire Chris Gaffaney to inquire astir the decision.

Bowler Blair Tickner could lone connection a wry smile.

"I don't recognize that determination and that's wherefore the New Zealanders are inquiring astir that," McMillan continued.

"That is out, immoderate which mode you look astatine it. Lights on, airy disconnected – that is out. That is the incorrect decision.

"I'm conscionable proceeding from the 4th umpire that the determination is made connected the lights, that's erstwhile you person to marque the decision.

"But surely you tin usage your eyes and you tin spot that the bails person travel up and distant from the stump and that's separation.

"Forget astir the lights, if the artillery is not moving the lights are irrelevant."

The determination was simply a blip connected the radar for New Zealand who soon thereafter sealed a ascendant 198-run win.

Finn Allen top-scored for the Blackcaps with 51 portion Daryl Mitchell (49), debutant Rachin Ravindra (49), and Will Young (47) each got starts connected the team's mode to 247, each out.

In reply, Sri Lanka could lone indispensable 76 runs successful little than 20 overs arsenic Henry Shipley tore isolated the visitors.

He took figures of 5-31 portion Darryl Mitchell and Blair Tickner each took 2 wickets.

"It was beauteous cool, not what I was expecting to bash erstwhile I came to the ground," said Shipley aft his archetypal one-day planetary connected location soil.

"The batters said determination was capable determination and the people we had connected the committee was going to beryllium tricky truthful that gave america assurance to spell retired determination and bash that."

Sri Lanka came into the three-match bid needing to triumph each contention to amended their chances of automatic qualification for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup aboriginal this year.

Sri Lanka presently lies 10th successful the standings. The apical 8 teams successful the ICC Super League array volition gain automatic qualification.

The 2nd one-day planetary betwixt New Zealand and Sri Lanka takes palace connected Tuesday astatine Hagley Oval successful Christchurch earlier the finale astatine Hamilton's Seddon Park connected Friday.

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