'That's a disgrace': The 'appalling' moment that's left England fuming
England fans have been left fuming over a controversial moment in their collapse against the West Indies.
The Windies produced a dramatic comeback to beat England by 26 runs in Barbados on Friday and level their five-match one-day series at 1-1.
The hosts, who ended a 10-match losing streak in one-day internationals against England, made 289 for six with left-hander Shimron Hetmyer hitting a magnificent unbeaten 104 from 83 balls, including four sixes.
But having chased down 361 at the Kensington Oval on Wednesday, England would have been confident of extending their lead in the series.
The tourists were given a strong platform as captain Eoin Morgan made 70 and they needed 62 to win from 61 balls with six wickets remaining.
However West Indies skipper Jason Holder removed Ben Stokes (79), Jos Buttler (34) and Tom Curran – the latter with a questionable lbw decision after England had used their reviews.
Replays showed the ball was way too high and missing leg stump, leaving Curran perplexed as he trudged off.
Good decision for the Tom Curran wicket I see….. 🤷♂️ #WIvENG pic.twitter.com/kcjvPQl77y
— James (@Surreycricfan) February 22, 2019
“That is a surprise,” England great David Lloyd said in commentary.
Fans on social media were less reserved, slamming the contentious decision.
If Tom Curran was LBW, then I'm a one-legged Aardvark. #WIvENG
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 22, 2019
Shocking umpiring to give #Curran out lbw. That was missing by a mile. Makes Scottish refs look brilliant. #WIvENG
— David Begg (@dadbegg) February 22, 2019
I may be wrong, but didn’t look a great LBW decision against Curran?
— Charles Dagnall (@CharlesDagnall) February 22, 2019
Just seen ball tracking ! It’s a disgrace of a decision 😂
— Carl Richmond (@richyrich1971) February 22, 2019
Hit in front of leg from right arm over bowler who’s seven foot tall! Not a lot going for it.
— Higgo (@Mark_Higgins69) February 22, 2019
Appalling. I could see from 4000 miles away it was missing.
— Peter Cooper #FBPE 🇪🇺 (@Coopswords) February 22, 2019
Wouldn’t have hit another set, appalling.
— Tony Adams (@bowdonaccounts) February 22, 2019
Tom Curran's been given out, apparently for LBW.
Where does this rank among umpiring shockers?#WIvENG | #WIvsENG pic.twitter.com/9BtJ7P6pnM
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) February 22, 2019
Lol at that Curran LBW
— James Colton (@jimmy_colts) February 22, 2019
That Tom Curran lbw was not out in a million years! Ridiculous decision. #WIvENG
— Kieran Timothy (@F1KTA) February 22, 2019
That Curran LBW cost us the game, awful decision
— Brett Swift (@SwiftBrett) February 22, 2019
How could can an umpire seriously have given that Tom Curran LBW decision? Missed the pegs by a foot and was going a foot over lol. #WIvENG
— John Takemura (@takaspeaksout) February 22, 2019
Left-arm seamer Sheldon Cottrell returned to the attack and won the game for the Caribbean side with the wickets of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid – celebrating with his trademark military salute.
Cottrell, a Jamaican Defence Force soldier brought into the side as an extra bowler, ended with his career-best ODI figures of 5-46.
Carlos Brathwaite got the final wicket when Liam Plunkett holed out to Holder at long-off and England were dismissed for 263 to the delight of the Kensington Oval crowd.
Holder was quick to praise his key men.
“I am really pleased, credit to Hetty (Hetmeyr), he set it up on a sticky wicket, and credit for the way we defended it, led by Sheldon Cottrell,” he said.
“When I came back I knew we needed a wicket, I got two in the over and had England under pressure.
“You need options in this day and age, Cottrell added variation, I love his energy, he’s one for the future.”
with agencies