An enormous controversy erupted in the course of the World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as Shakib Al Hasan received Angelo Mathews ‘Timed Out’ with an enchantment to the umpire. Angelo turned the primary cricketer in historical past of the sport to be timed out in worldwide cricket.
“Absolutely disgraceful. We all play to win but I never thought a team or player would stoop to such levels to get a wicket,” Mathews advised the media after the sport, which Bangladesh gained by three wickets. (Cricket World Cup 2023: ‘They Mock Our Soldiers…,’ Virender Sehwag Explains Why He Trolls Pakistan Cricket Team And Fans)
Trevis Mathews, Mathews’ brother, has now blasted Shakib for his behaviour and acknowledged that the seasoned all-round participant won’t be accepted in Sri Lanka. Trevis went on to say that if Shakib visits the island nation to play, he will probably be showered with stones.
“We are very disappointed. Bangladeshi captain has no sportsman spirit and did not show humanity in the gentleman’s game. We never expected this right from his captain to the rest of the team members. Shakib is not welcome in Sri Lanka. If he comes here to play any international or LPL matches, stones will be thrown at him, or he will have to face the annoyance of the fans,” Trevis advised BDCricTime. (Cricket World Cup 2023 Achieves Milestone Of 1 Million Fans)
In reference to Shakib Al Hasan’s enchantment for a timed-out dismissal towards Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews throughout their ICC World Cup 2023 match in Delhi on Monday, Bangladesh fast-bowling coach Allan Donald acknowledged that he would not “like that sort of thing”.
To Mathews’ dismay, the enchantment was upheld. Shakib later claimed that he took sure actions “to make sure my team wins,” however Mathews referred to this as “absolutely disgraceful.”
“It was disappointing to see. I can understand Shakib taking his chance. His words were ‘I was doing everything to win’. You can sense in my voice that I don’t like I don’t like that sort of thing. It was really difficult to watch that unfold – one of Sri Lanka’s all-time greats walking off the field without a ball bowled to him being given out for time. That’s where I stand on that,” Donald stated in an interview with CricBlog as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
“You talk about the respect and the dignity for each other and for the game, the spirit of the game. I just don’t want to see things like that. That’s just me. I just don’t want to see that sort of thing in our game where, okay, someone was sharp out there and said ‘well, you can appeal’. I was like, ‘really – this is not going to happen, this cannot be happening, this can’t be happening,'” he added.
Mathews’ subject was that, though having stepped out to bat on the fall of Sadeera Samarawickrama’s wicket within the allotted time, he was not ready to take the pitch as a result of, whereas pulling his helmet into place, he snapped the strap.
“The most sensible thing would have been to just to say, ‘okay, no worries, mate, sort your helmet out quickly; you have time to replace it’,” Donald stated.
Donald claimed that he was on the verge of sprinting onto the pitch to induce Shakib to revoke his enchantment when he witnessed the occasions happening.
“My immediate reaction when that happened – and this is just [that] my instincts would have taken over – is I almost actually thought of going on that field and saying, ‘enough is enough, we don’t stand for this; we are not that kind of team who stand for this’. That was my immediate thought,” Bangladesh’s fast-bowling coach stated.
“Things happened so quickly, but you’re talking about authority and I’m not the head coach, I’m not in charge. I just saw Marais Erasmus [the umpire at the bowler’s end] say, ‘Please Angelo, you can now depart the ground’. And, seeing Angelo pick his helmet up and then walking off and throwing it against the advertising boards; it just was… I was surprised,” he added.
Bangladesh secured a three-wicket triumph towards the 1996 world champion on the Arun Jaitley Stadium within the closing moments of the sport.
