England have reached the final of 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup and stand at the brink of lifting their maiden World Cup trophy. Chasing a lowly 224 set by Australia, the Three Lions endured a brilliant start and it wasn’t until 124 runs that they lost their first wicket in Jonny Bairstow.
While one opener was gone, another in Jason Roy was streaming the English batting channel in absolute style, until a blunder from the match official cost him his century. Facing a Pat Cummings’ short ball on the leg side, Roy decided to chase the delivery with a pull. The ball travelled to Alex Carey’s left and the Australians put up a confident appeal. After a while, umpire Kumar Dharmasena lifted his finger confirming the dismissal.
No Jason Roy, you cannot argue with Kumar Dharmasena after being given out. You should rather ask Jonny Bairstow why did he opt to take a review when he was out plumb!#CWC19 #ENGvAUS #CmonAussie
Stumped.app (@stumped_app), July 11, 2019
And Roy, for all the right reasons, was left livid with the decision. He even had a chat with Erasmus, the square leg umpire, but the decision stayed intact. And as England had no reviews left, Roy was forced to walk back to the pavilion. Replays, on the other hand, showed that there was clearly no edge and a decent gap between the bat and the ball.
As for the fans, they have been expressing their discontent on Twitter. Here are some of the best reactions to it:
Empire’s wrong decision cost
M Rizwan PTI ® (@RealRizwanPTI), July 11, 2019
Jason Roy his century #ENGvAUS #jasonroy
Jason Roy has been robbed!
That’s THE worst umpiring of the tournament
The Wolf of Inplays (@WolfofInplay), July 11, 2019
Definition of injustice = being denied watching Jason Roy keep batting after a bad umpiring decision #ENGvAUS
Taranjit S Badh (@DentistWhoRuns), July 11, 2019
Oo boy Jason roy…
Shounak Mishra (@shounakmishra_3), July 11, 2019
What a fantastic innings from a fantastic batsman. Well played brother and you deserved a century. But u can’t believe umpiring .
I smell a one match ban for Jason Roy. #ENGvAUS #CWC19
Paul Steenkamp™ ♂️ (@Paul_Steenkamp), July 11, 2019
Jason Roy got robbed of a 100 by Dharmasena. #ENGvsAUS #ICCCricketWorldCup2019
Bhavik (@Bhavik24716038), July 11, 2019
“umpire’s call” is nothing bt is a tool to hide on-field umpire’s mistakes#JasonRoy #ENGvAUS #CWC19
Mr. 360′ (@_Mr360_), July 11, 2019
This was the only way in which jason roy could have got out today. #ICCWorldCup2019 #ENGvAUS
Manoj Kumar Daga (@dagamkd), July 11, 2019
Umpiring n @CricketAus go hand-in-hand. Don’t know how it started but always favors them.
bandi nagaraju (@bnrtinku), July 11, 2019
Poor #jasonroy has to give away his century n pride to the umpiring disaster
Nonetheless, well played, Jason!
Feature image courtesy: AFP / Dibyangshu Sarkar