Another Batsman Escaped Timeout.. How He Survived Dismissal?

Sri Lankan senior player Angelo Mathew’s dismissal in the World Cup match with the timed-out policy has become a big topic of discussion. As per the rules, the batter is given 2 minutes to bowl the first ball. But due to Mathews’ helmet malfunction, this 2-minute time to bat was exceeded. With this, Bangladesh captain Shakibul Hasan appealed, and the umpire declared him out.

In the history of cricket, Mathews turned out to be the first batter to be dismissed with a time-out rule. There was an extensive discussion on this. Recently, however, a similar incident happened to English player Chris Woakes. He also faced helmet problems in the match between England and Netherlands on Wednesday. However, he became alert and told this to the umpire and the Netherlands bowler. Even though he was late, he survived as he explained his situation to the umpire,

However, it is noteworthy that Erasmus was the umpire for these two matches of Sri Lanka and England. In this match, England won by a massive margin of 160 runs. England kept their Champions Trophy hopes alive with this win after five consecutive defeats.