Jos Buttler and Adam Zampa express different opinions on Matthew Wade’s dead ball incident

Barbados (West Indies): England captain Jos Buttler expressed his opinion on umpire Nitin Menon’s decision in the case of Australia’s Matthew Wade, who did not have a dead ball.

At the Kensington Oval, Wade was fuming in the 18th over of the first innings of the match between Australia and England.

It all started when Wade tried to defend the second delivery of the over. However, he ended up lining up the ball with his bat and defending it. The delivery was ruled a dead ball rather than a dot, which led to Wade arguing excitedly with the umpire.

Buttler was standing behind the stumps and witnessed the entire dead ball incident. The England captain was unsure if the Australian had moved away and felt that the umpire had decided to give a dot ball because Wade had played the toss.

“I wasn’t quite sure. I think he backed off and then played it. So, I think the umpire was like, well, you kind of played it, but he said he backed off. And to be honest, I was thinking about a lot of other things at that point. So, yeah, whether I should have said, I don’t know if he backed off and let’s just move on. But the umpire seemed to be like, well, because he played it – it’s a dot ball,” Buttler said in the post-match press conference.

Wade’s compatriot Adam Zampa felt that the left-handed batsman backed away and took the shot because he believed it would be the same as letting the ball hit his leg.

“I think he just thought that, I don’t know actually, but he backed up and played the shot and I think he felt it was basically the same as if he had hit the ball to the leg, kind of a dead ball, but yeah, it doesn’t take much to spur Wade on,” Zampa added.

Apart from Wade’s heated moment, two of cricket’s oldest rivals put in an inspiring performance with the bat.

Australian opening duo Travis Head and David Warner laid the foundation for the Baggy Greens with their fiery 70-run stand, with the rest of the batters making valuable contributions to take Australia to their highest total in the history of the competition – 201/7.

In response, England’s opening duo of Jos Buttler and Phil Salt started the chase in a similar fashion. However, the middle order of batting could not provide the ideal support. Australia managed to restrict their arch rivals to 165/6 and claim a resounding 36-run victory.

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