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2mo ago

MCC Backs Overturned Catch as Teen Peake Wins Renegades Thriller

Cricket’s lawmakers endorsed the review that saved Ollie Peake, citing the law that requires complete control of ball alongside personal movement.

Umpires wait for third umpire decision during the BBL match between Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades.
The Scorchers were on the wrong end of a controversial umpire review.
Ollie Peake has crunched a last-ball six to hand the Melbourne Renegades a nail-biting win BBL over the Perth Scorchers.
Ollie Peake and Sam Elliott celebrate the Renegades' BBL win over the Scorchers.

Overview

  • The 19-year-old finished 42 not out and scooped Aaron Hardie over fine leg for six to close the chase at 6-130 after Perth were bowled out for 127.
  • An on-field out for a tumbling catch on 15 was overturned by third umpire Stephen Dionysius after replays showed the ball contacted the turf during Ashton Turner’s fall.
  • Turner said the ruling was correct by the letter of the law yet frustrating in spirit, as Peake was booed by the Perth crowd when he returned to bat.
  • The MCC declared the officials “absolutely right,” and lawmakers contacted Cricket Australia to use the incident as an example of the catch law requiring control of ball and body movement.
  • Peake left immediately to captain Australia at the Under-19 World Cup, while Gurinder Sandhu’s 4-28 sent him to the top of the BBL Golden Arm list and the result nudged the Renegades up the ladder as Perth missed a chance to go first.