In a match of T20 Blast 2025, Third Umpire took wrong decisions not once but twice (photo- Photo-SCREENSHOTS/X)
In the match between Surrey and Middlesex of T20 Blast 2025, the third umpire took wrong decisions not once but twice, seeing that the players of both teams were also surprised. The match was played on Wednesday, July 16 at Lord’s Cricket Stadium in London. Even though Surrey has won this match by eight runs, there was a fierce dispute about umpiring in this match. In this match, the third umpire took both the wrong decisions during the batting of Middlesex.
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The 12th over of the Middlesex’s innings, Will Jacks bowled a ball to Luus du Ploy, on which the Middlesex captain tried to play the reverse sweep shot, but he missed the ball and the wicketkeeper caught the ball and stumping the ball. Surrey players appealed for stumping after which the field umpire sent the decision to the third umpire Nigel Long. Replay revealed that Luca du Ploy’s leg is inside the crease and he is notout. But by mistake, the technician gave a signal of outs instead of notout. But later it was corrected and Luca du Ploy narrowly survived.
After this, Stephen Eskinaji played the ball comfortably in the 14th over and he ran for a run. In such a time, the Surrey player threw the ball and the ball started going on the wicket. The players of the Surrey appealed for the runout after which a decision was again sent to the third umpire. It was seen in the replay that Du Ploy has reached inside the crease but still came out by writing out on the big screen. This time the verdict was not changed and the middle of the Middlesex’s captain disappointed and went back to the pavilion.
Surrey won the match
In this match, Surre, batting first, scored 189 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Will Jacks contributed 52 runs from the team while Tom Karan scored 47 runs. Dane Lawrence contributed 24 runs while Ryan Patel scored 23 runs. Ryan Hegins took four wickets for 33 runs in four overs from Middlesex. In response, the Middlesex team was able to score 181 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, Stephen Eskinaji scored an innings of 53 runs but failed to win his team. For Surrey, Chris Jordan bowled deadly and took two wickets for 28 runs in four overs.
