“He’s not given that out”: Steve Smith waits for Paul Wilson to give him out amid confident Jos Buttler appeal in bizarre dismissal at the MCG

Dixit Bhargav | 22/11/2022
"He's not given that out": Steve Smith waits for Paul Wilson to give him out amid confident Jos Buttler appeal in bizarre dismissal at the MCG

Former Australia captain Steven Smith was involved in an atypical dismissal in the ongoing third Australia-England ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Well within his right to wait for umpire Paul Wilson’s decision, Smith stood his ground in spite of England captain Jos Buttler appealing confidently from behind the wickets.

It all happened on the third delivery of the 46th over when England fast bowler Olly Stone adjusted well to Smith’s substantial shuffling across the batting crease. Following the batter with a short delivery, Stone witnessed Smith trying to guide the ball through the fine-leg region.

Failing to do so, all the right-handed batter did was glove the ball to Buttler. With the wicket-keeper perhaps the only English fielder to appeal relentlessly, he even signaled for a DRS in order to not waste a lot of time.

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Wilson, who took his time or perhaps was hoping for Smith to walk on his own, eventually raised his finger after Smith was heard saying “he’s not given that out”. The confusion was ultimately solved as Smith starting walking back to the pavilion after scoring 21 (16) with the help of two fours.

Steve Smith waits for Paul Wilson to give him out amid confident Jos Buttler appeal in bizarre dismissal at the MCG

Stone, who picked his third wicket in the form of Smith, even dismissed Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh (30) to pick four wickets for the first time in an ODI innings. Stone, however, was the most expensive English bowlers at the MCG tonight on the back of leaking 85 runs in his 10-over spell.

In what was a field day for Australian batters, they put on board a formidable 355/5 in 48 overs after two overs were lost due to a rain-break at the venue. Second-best partnership for Australian batters in this format, Australia thrived due to opening batters Travis Head (152) and David Warner (106) scoring individual centuries in a 229-ball 269-run opening partnership.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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