{"id":297118,"date":"2023-10-25T12:25:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297118"},"modified":"2023-10-25T12:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:25:32","slug":"was-david-warner-lucky-to-survive-this-dropped-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/%d1%81ricket\/was-david-warner-lucky-to-survive-this-dropped-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"Was David Warner lucky to survive this dropped catch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>David Warner hits stunning century to put Australia in control of Cricket World Cup clash with the Netherlands&#8230; but was he lucky to survive this &#8216;dropped&#8217; catch?<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Warner hit a century for Australia against the Netherlands\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Opener was somewhat fortunate to survive after a dropped catch\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The incident was eerily similar to Mitchell Starc&#8217;s &#8216;catch&#8217; during the Ashes\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David Warner rolled back the years with a sumptuous 104-run knock to put Australia in control of their Cricket World Cup clash with the Netherlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, as ever with the veteran opener, it was not without controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Warner was somewhat fortunate not to be back in the sheds after\u00a0Roelof van der Merwe appeared to pull off a stunning catch to dismiss him at extra cover on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch were incensed when Warner refused to walk despite initially being given out, with the on-field umpires sending the decision upstairs for the third umpire to review.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, upon closer inspection, Van der Merwe was aided by the ground when grabbing onto the ball in India, meaning Warner survived.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/12\/76981257-12670595-image-a-27_1698234000452.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David Warner hit a sumptuous century to put Australia in control of their World Cup match<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/12\/76980241-12670595-image-a-14_1698232832023.jpg\" height=\"354\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But the veteran opener was somewhat fortunate to survive a &#8216;dropped&#8217; catch in India<\/p>\n<p>But it was an ironic moment given that the Australians argued that a similar &#8216;catch&#8217; taken by Mitchell Starc during the Ashes should have been given out.<\/p>\n<p>Starc used the ground to help him catch Ben Duckett during the Test series this summer, and the umpire deemed that it was not a legal catch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Aussies were in uproar over the incident, with cricket great Glenn McGrath scathing of the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If that&#8217;s England taking that catch, that is out!&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;England have the best of the conditions and now they are getting the best of the rules. That is the biggest load of rubbish that I&#8217;ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If that&#8217;s not out, every catch I&#8217;ve ever seen taken should not be out. That is a disgrace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Jonny Bairstow waded into the debate this week, claiming that the Australians took a number of &#8216;illegal&#8217; catches during the Ashes.<\/p>\n<p>He cast doubt as to whether the ball hit the ground before Steve Smith controlled it to dismiss Joe Root on day two at Lord&#8217;s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bairstow also questioned whether Marnus Labuschagne had caught Harry Brook cleanly in the second innings of the first Test at Edgbaston.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/12\/76980721-12670595-image-a-25_1698233066627.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The incident was eerily similar to the Mitch Starc incident that enraged Australia in the Ashes<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s conjecture around everything,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fingers underneath the ball when the ball&#8217;s still touching the ground. Celebrating when the ball has touched the ground. Marnus celebrated at Edgbaston at short-leg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then the one that &#8216;Rooty&#8217; fell to at Lord&#8217;s, when (Smith) said his fingers were underneath the ball. However, they were splayed widely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But that was given out, that&#8217;s fine &#8211; it&#8217;s part and parcel of the game and the decisions the umpires give.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12670595\/David-Warner-hits-stunning-century-Australia-control-Cricket-World-Cup-clash-Netherlands-lucky-survive-dropped-catch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Warner hits stunning century to put Australia in control of Cricket World Cup clash with the Netherlands&#8230; but was <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Was David Warner lucky to survive this dropped catch? 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