Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
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.