Cricket World cup

[the other bob wilson]

Farcical really when you think of all the technology that has been brought into cricket with the focus on getting decisions right.
There is no excuse for such an error and the umpire should have gone upstairs straight away. They even go upstairs for things like run out appeals blatantly obvious to the naked eye that the batsmen have made their ground.

Even though I am glad that England won, I would not be happy at all if I was a New Zealander.
Would such a decision have been allowed had it been Australia the opposition and not "little" New Zealand?

The catch which won England that classic test at Edgbaston by two runs back in 2005 over Australia shouldn't have been allowed, but with all that was going on you would have needed to be an exceptional umpire to have noticed why.

I'm not going to take out an Independent subscription just to read that article, what does the relevant rule say about what happened yesterday?

[qccfc]

The catch which won England that classic test at Edgbaston by two runs back in 2005 over Australia shouldn't have been allowed, but with all that was going on you would have needed to be an exceptional umpire to have noticed why.

I'm not going to take out an Independent subscription just to read that article, what does the relevant rule say about what happened yesterday?

Apparently the batsman must have crossed at the time the ball left the fielders hand, and they hadn't. A overthrow starts when it leaves the bowlers hand.

Its not a rule i was aware of, i would have thought that as Stoke completed 2 runs on the deflection, and another 4 followed it would be the 6 runs.

Its also difficult for the umpire to judge that at that moment.

[the other bob wilson]

Apparently the batsman must have crossed at the time the ball left the fielders hand, and they hadn't. A overthrow starts when it leaves the bowlers hand.

Its not a rule i was aware of, i would have thought that as Stoke completed 2 runs on the deflection, and another 4 followed it would be the 6 runs.

Its also difficult for the umpire to judge that at that moment.

The wording of the law is at the bottom of this piece;-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48991962

What does "or act" mean I wonder?