Australia’s Matthew Wade admitted that his current run-in with Mark Wood throughout the first T20I in opposition to England seemed terrifying.
The incident occurred on the third ball of the seventeenth over of Australia’s chase of 209 when England pacer Mark Wood bowled a brief and Wade later topped. However, because the ball went straight up – each the bowler and the keeper got here operating to catch it. But Wood was blocked by Wade.
Replays confirmed his left hand going through Wood’s face, leaving him helpless. The ball may additionally roll over the stumps. The umpires got here collectively and negotiated however determined to move it and never observe the obstructing zone rule.
Now, talking to The Unplayable Podcast, the southpaw mentioned he is shocked to see his helmet hit the highest edge earlier than going up within the air. “Then I wasn’t sure whether I was going to be run out or where the real ball was. This is exactly how it all happened. And then the next minute, I was on the ground, looked up and the ball was coming down. If I had thought consciously about doing it, I would have regretted doing it.”
“If they had appealed and I had seen it on replays, it would have been like, I would have walked off the field, there was not much I could do about it,” he mentioned.
On the opposite hand, when requested about not interesting after the sport, Butler mentioned that he didn’t see the incident both he was trying on the ball. “I really didn’t see what happened,”
“We’ve just arrived in Australia, so I thought, just keep playing.” England’s white ball captain added. England ultimately gained the sport by eight runs and went on to win the sequence 2–0.
England will once more face Australia within the T20 World Cup on 28 October on the MCG.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
