New Controversy in Cricket, A Player Used Towel While Catching The Ball, Penalty Imposed

WBBL 2023-24: New Controversy in Cricket, A Player Used Towel While Catching The Ball, Penalty Imposed, at the international level players are expected to understand all the rules of the game very well.

But sometimes he does such childish things on the field that he as well as the team has to suffer losses. A similar incident has been seen in Australia’s prestigious women’s league Women’s Big Bash.

Here, because of Amelia Kerr, who was participating for Brisbane Heat, her team had to face a penalty of five runs. Not only this, Heat also had to face defeat in this match.

What is The Whole Matter?

A match of the Women’s Big Bash League 2023 was played on Tuesday between Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers. In this match, the Brisbane team, batting first, scored 176 runs at the loss of seven wickets in the determined overs.

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Amelia made an important contribution in taking the team to this respectable score. Facing 44 balls, he played a brilliant half-century of 64 runs.

Sydney Team Won It By Six Wickets With One Wicket To Spare:-

Meanwhile, 10 fours came from his bat. The Sydney team, which came into the field to chase the target of 177 runs, won it by six wickets with one wicket to spare.

In this match, Brisbane, batting first, scored 176 runs losing seven wickets. Amelia Kerr played an important role in taking the team to this point.

He played an inning of 64 runs in 44 balls with the help of 10 fours. However, the Brisbane team could not defend this target and Sydney won the match by six wickets with one ball remaining.

Gardner Hit A Ball From This Over To Long On:-

If Amelia Kerr had not made this childish mistake, her team might have won this match. Gardner played a ball of this over towards long on and ran fast for the run.

Before Gardner could turn for the second run, Fielder quickly threw the ball to Amelia. This is where he made a mistake.

He was holding a small towel in his hand while catching the ball. According to the rules, during fielding, you cannot stop the ball using anything other than your hands. Due to this mistake of Amelia, the team got a penalty of five runs.

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If these five runs had remained, perhaps his team would have won the match. Because in this match the opposition team was able to win with just one ball remaining.
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