Who was the English batsman to be run out within the final ball of the fiftieth over within the 2019 ODI World Cup to transform the match right into a super-over end? And what did he consider his final-instant dive to keep away from a run out?
England pacer Mark Wood was a batsman and he has a stunning story to inform about it.
But first, this is what occurred. England wanted two runs off the final ball, Trent Boult with the ball, Ben Stokes with the bat. Mark Wood is on the non-striker’s finish.
It was fairly a poor supply: full bounce on the pads. Chetan Sharma will need to have ridiculed it. But Stokes had most likely determined upfront that he wouldn’t threat enjoying the large shot. But he has agency fingers, not likely excellent for bridging the hole, however that is what he got down to do. So, he tries to push the ball from the leg-stump line to long-on.
“I nonetheless blame Stokes! [Ben Stokes] He was on 60-70 and sweeps the yorker however when Boult makes a full toss he pats it at mid-on! What is he considering there?!,” jokes a Laughter Wood within the Grade Cricketer podcast.
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But what about that dive? The wooden appears to be like prepared. He stands on the apply monitor on the leg facet, not near the stumps. So within the case of the tip and run, he was not going to hit the left-hander Stokes on the identical path.
He additionally stands outdoors the crease, with the bat stretched behind the road, and he retains his head down and fees. But he had no likelihood. The ball hits long-on and the throw over the ball involves the bowl on the bowler’s finish on the appropriate.
A determined Wood runs round and as Boult collects the ball on a hoop above the bails, Wood flops down like a flipped omelet. Hurdler Joao Vitor de Oliveira, who dives to win the 110m race, might have caught a replay of the Woods dive.
“It was the worst dive in dive history,” Wood says. “Had it been on the Commonwealth Games, I might have gotten a minus. Doesn’t matter 1 or 2, it is going to be a minus. It was so dangerous!”
Surprisingly, his pals do not let him overlook it. “I still get pissed at home by the boys at their club Ashington.”
The greatest barb fired at him was: “That Titanic gets faster!”
That ship sank. Woods’ England went previous ‘Bast of the Margin’ to win the largest World Cup closing ever.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
