Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews talks to the umpires after he was given out ‘timed out’ in the course of the ICC Cricket World Cup match towards Bangladesh on November 6, 2023.
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Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha referred to as for a change to cricket’s timed-out legislation, saying it must be a matter for the umpires solely, as debate rumbled on about Shakib Al Hasan’s position in a controversial dismissal of Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews.
Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets in a World Cup group-stage recreation in Delhi on November 6.
However, the end result was overshadowed by Mathews turning into the primary participant within the 146-year historical past of main worldwide cricket to be timed out following an attraction by Shakib, which the Tigers captain refused to withdraw.
Mathews was given out after he exceeded the 2 minutes allowed for an incoming batsman to take strike as he tried to safe a damaged strap on his helmet.
Bangladesh bowling coach Allan Donald, who’s to give up his publish when his contract expires after the World Cup, was sad with the dismissal, telling the CricBlog web site: “I think it really overshadowed a clinical performance by Bangladesh. I’m sort of a bit still shocked about it to be honest.
“It’s just my values that I have as a person and as a cricketer,” the 57-year-old former South Africa quick bowler added.
But Hathurusingha stated Friday: “I don’t think it (the row) is going to stop here, whatever I say. The only thing I can say is that it’s one of the modes of dismissal.
“My suggestion is to leave it to the umpires to decide, I don’t think you should leave it to the players to appeal and all that.”
Victory over Sri Lanka got here too late to salvage Bangladesh’s hopes of a semi-final place, with the crew having misplaced six of their eight group video games forward of Saturday’s conflict in Pune towards Australia, already into the final 4.
‘Spoilt’
And they should face the five-time champions with out Shakib, showing in his fifth World Cup, after he broke his finger batting towards Sri Lanka.
The spin-bowling all-rounder could now have performed the final World Cup match of his profession given he can be 40 by the point of the 2027 version in southern Africa.
“We have been spoilt,” Hathurusungha stated. “We have had him for a long time, when you have someone of Shakib’s calibre as your number one all-rounder, it’s two players in one…It’s hard (to replace him in the side).”
Saturday’s match might additionally mark a World Cup exit for fellow veterans Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah, with Hathurusingha saying of the trio: “They have been the best of Bangladesh cricket in the short journey of Bangladesh cricket.
“If they decided to quit, it’s a change (passing) of the baton kind of thing.”
Bangladesh are at the moment eighth within the desk, the final qualifying place for the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
But Hathurusingha stated his sole focus was on attempting to beat Australia.
The former champions gained their sixth recreation in a row on the match in Mumbai on Tuesday after Glenn Maxwell’s spectacular unbeaten double century noticed them to a dramatic three-wicket win over Afghanistan after they’d collapsed to 91-7.
“They’re the most successful team in World Cup history,” stated Hathurusingha.
“They started slowly but they have already qualified. Playing against them is a big challenge.”
