The Australian T20 League Big Bash Challenger match between Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat took place on Thursday, February 2. Everyone was surprised by the third umpire’s decision in this match.
The Australian T20 League Big Bash Challenger match between Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat took place on Thursday, February 2. Everyone was surprised by the third umpire’s decision in this match. The strange decision was seen during the Sydney Sixers’ batting when Brisbane Heat appealed for the wicket of Josh Phillip. After a demand for DRS, the umpire initially declared Phillippe not out. But, as the players appealed again, the third umpire overturned his own decision and declared him out. The video of this incident is going viral on social media.
On the first ball after the powerplay, Philip Mathew Kuhnmann looked to sweep the ball off. But, he could not do that. The Brisbane Heat players appealed to the umpire for an lbw out. But the umpire rejected their appeal. Then the Brisbane team decided to take DRS. The third umpire found on replay that the ball did not hit his pads and gloves. In such a situation, the third umpire gave his verdict and declared Phillip not out.
After that the real story started. Of course, after taking the review, the third umpire has to check everything. Only then will it be known whether the player is out or not. The third umpire only checks lbw here. But he forgot to check whether the wicket keeper took the catch or not. As the players appealed again, the third umpire found on replay that the ball hit the gloves and went into the hands of the wicket keeper. With this, the third umpire changed his decision and declared Phillips out.
What a review from Brisbane!
The lbw was ruled out due to a little spike – but Jimmy Peirson held the catch! #BBL12 pic.twitter.com/jifHTMorW3
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 2, 2023
Talking about the match, Brisbane Heat won this match by 4 wickets and reached the finals. Batting first in this match, the Sydney Sixers team could only score 116 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Brisbane achieved this score with 10 balls to spare. Michael Najer’s unbeaten innings of 48 runs led the team to victory.
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