An angry tweet was sent moments after third umpire Tony Hill gave Ian Bell not
out deeming the ball had been grounded before Steve Smith took a catch off
Ryan Harris. “That decision, such ass #bull----” appeared on the Cricket Australia
Twitter feed before being hastily deleted. “We are looking into it and
trying to establish what happened,” said a spokesman for Cricket Australia.
CA heavily fined and reprimanded David Warner this year for sending abusive
Twitter messages to two Australian cricket journalists and officials behind
the scenes are furious its own official account has criticised umpiring.
Multiple users have access to the account, which has more than 200,000
followers, and an apology was quickly issued.
“Apologies for the inappropriate tweet earlier regarding the Bell catch. It
didn’t emanate from CA’s official Twitter presence at Lord’s.”
The incident with Bell was just the latest frustration both teams have endured
with umpiring in this series. It is understood that Smith told Bell he was
not sure if it carried, which prompted Marais Erasmus, the umpire, to call
for the replay. Several Australia players watching the replay on the big
screen began celebrating thinking it was out but television evidence of such
incidents is generally inconclusive and Bell was reprieved as England again
benefited from an umpiring decision.
It follows the controversy at Trent Bridge where Stuart Broad failed to walk
when he edged a catch to slip. It prompted Michael Holding to suggest he
should be banned for breaking the spirit of cricket, a punishment which was
meted out to West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramden when he claimed a
dropped catch.
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