The custodians of cricket laws, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is likely to review the overthrow rules in the aftermath of the controversy tha🐻t rocked the just-concluded World Cup final between Ne💯w Zealand and England, a newspaper report said.
According to a report in 'The Sunday Times', "There is a feeling at MCC that ov👍erthrows are worth looking at when it next reviews the laws of the game, which is the responsibility of the MCC Laws sub-committee."
The overthrow rules drew MCC's attention after New Zealand were left to rue a fortuitous, last-over overthrow that went for four after getting a deflection of Ben Stokes' bat to help England take the match into Super Over and eventually lift the trophy via boundary ⛎count.
Chasing New Zealand's 241 for 8, England needed nine runs from the final three balls when a throw by Martin Guptill deflected off diving Stokes' bat for a boundary.
On-field umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Marias Erasmus awarded England awarde꧑d s🌳ix runs in total, two by the batsmen and four for the overthrow.
But former ICC Elite Panel umpire Simon Taufel said as per the rules, the umpires should have awarded England fi𒈔ve runs instead of six as the batsmen didn't cross when Guptil released the ball from deep.
(PTI)
