WATCH: David Miller’s delayed review raises questions

Dixit Bhargav | 11/11/2018
David Miller's delayed review

David Miller’s delayed review: South African batsman’s delayed review has created a state of tumult in the cricketing world.

During the third ODI of the ongoing South Africa’s tour of Australia at Hobart, umpire Aleem Dar’s decision of allowing South African middle-order batsman David Miller to review his decision has created a state of tumult and confusion in the cricketing world.

It happened on the fourth delivery of the 34th over when Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell pinned Miller (40) in front of the stumps. Once umpire Dar ruled the batsmen out, South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis, who was at the non-striker’s end, signaled for a review only after significant deliberation with Miller.

The replays confirmed the ball the angle of the bowler would have taken the ball outside the leg stump. Therefore, the decision was reversed.

It is worth mentioning that there was nothing wrong in the final decision which was taken. It was just that the by the time du Plessis signaled for the review, 19 seconds had passed. A batsman is allowed only 15 seconds to signal for the review in such situations.

The ICC playing conditions for ODIs state that only the batsman dismissed can request for a review. “Only the batsman involved in a dismissal may request a Player Review of an Out decision and only the captain (or acting captain) of the fielding team may request a Player Review of a Not-out decision.”

In Miller’s case, it was du Plessis who asked for the review initially, another uncertainty over the decision made by the umpire.

With the decision going in the visitors’ favor, the duo ended up stitching a 252-run stand for the fourth wicket. Recovering from 55-3, the Proteas ended up scoring 320-5 in 50 overs on the back of ODI centuries from Miller (139) and du Plessis (125).

Restricting Australia to 280-9 in 50 overs, South Africa won the match by 40 runs and the series by a 2-1 margin. Miller was adjourned as the ‘Man of the Match’ and ‘Man of the Series’.

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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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