Cricket: In strange scenes, Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews was timed out following a helmet fiasco, being sent off before he could face a single ball against Bangladesh.
Lion timed out in bizarre helmet fiasco | 00:42The cricket world is torn after Bangladesh’s controversial decision to successfully appeal Angelo Mathews taking too long to take the crease, resulting in him becoming the first player timed out at the international level.
But much like with ‘Mankad’ run-out wickets at the non-striker’s end, the debate quickly turned to whether the incident was within the mythical ‘spirit of cricket'. Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews speaks with Bangladesh's players after he was timed out during the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup one-day international match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on November 6, 2023. “I’m all for getting overrates under control, and don’t want to get into a spirit of cricket debate. But that is beyond poor form from Bangladesh,” AAP journalist Scott Bailey“Common sense should apply on safety equipment.
“Angelo Mathews would understand there is nothing against the spirit here cos when he was captain in 2014 he also didn’t withdraw the appeal when Jos Buttler was mankaded by Sachithra Senanayake.”
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