A dispute arose between India and England during the second female ODI at Lord’s, appealing to obstruct the area against Tammy Beomont. Deepti Sharma, who was involved in Charlie Dean’s infamous run-out at the same site in 2022, was once again present during the appeal.
Under the leadership of Nut Skivor-Bunt, England won eight-veires in the second ODI affected by rain, which leads to the ongoing three-match series 1–1. The game, interrupted twice from the rain, was decided by the DLS method. In particular, the home team chased the revised target against India with 18 balls.
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Chasing 144 runs, England made 25 off 17 balls to make a good start with Buomont Scoring. Tammy Beomont made a delivery from Deepti Sharma to midwicket in the fifth over. He began to run, but Jemimah returned as Rodrigues and thrown the ball towards the end of the striker.
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Buomont returned to his crease and put his left leg. However, he pushed his right leg forward, seeming an attempt to throw away. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh appealed for interruption.
On-field umpires chose to review. After reviewing several replays, the third umpire ruled on the decision in favor of the Beomont. The incident resonated the previous controversies related to Deepti Sharma at Lord’s.
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While Tammy Beom was not excluded, India had a case for appeal. According to the rules of cricket, even after returning to the crease, a batsman can be given to obstruct the field, as he is not exempted from such a scenario.
The Law Book of 37.1.1 McC states said, “Either the batsman, except for 37.2 circumstances, if the ball is in the game, he is obstructing the field, and he tries to disrupt or distract the fielding side by word or action.”
The 37.1.2 states, “Striker is obstructing the field, except for the circumstances of 37.2, in the task of obtaining the ball given by the bowler, he is not batting the ball to get the ball given by the bowler. The wicket is not batting.”
“Jamemi definitely felt that he might kicked it” – Smriti Madhana on Tami Beom
Speaking after the end of the game, Smriti Madhana addressed the obstruction-the-field incident associated with Tami Beomont. Mandal said that whatever happened to him had no clear view.
“I was not really in a good angle, to be fair, perhaps it was not visible at all. Jemmi definitely felt that he may have kicked it or something. They referred to it, and it was not out, so I am sure he should have seen all the angles. It’s only one scene that I have,” Mandan told reporters.
“But I was not in any angle, to be fair, to see what happened.
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