‘Pathetic umpiring’: Sarfaraz Ahmed dismissed after controversial stumping
He scored 78 runs
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Sarfaraz Ahmed was dismissed after a controversial stumping during the second Test against New Zealand in Karachi.
The right-hander was sent back to the hut after scoring 78 runs when wicketkeeper Tom Blundell whipped the bails, down the leg-side, on the bowling of Daryl Mitchell.
Sarfaraz brought his back leg down but his heel was not on the floor which meant that the television umpire had to decide whether any part of the batter’s shoe was inside the crease. After watching many replays, the umpire decided that Sarfaraz had nothing grounded behind the crease and was given out.
It must be noted that this was Sarfaraz’s third fifty-plus score in the series.
However, netizens were not happy with the former captain's dismissal with some lashing out at the umpires.
Saud Shakeel hit a maiden hundred to lift Pakistan to 337-5 at tea Wednesday on the third day of the second Test.
The home team now trail New Zealand´s first-innings total of 449 by 112 runs and will look to build a match-winning lead on a pitch that is still good for batting.
Shakeel swept spinner Michael Bracewell for a boundary and then took a sharp single to reach three figures in 319 minutes of stoic batting.
The two-match series is tied after the first Test — also in Karachi — ended in a draw.
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