CPL 2018: David Warner in Shock Following Awful Decision
Published - 12 Aug 2018, 06:42 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:56 AM
The sanctioned Australian opening batsman, David Warner met with an ugly incident in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2018). A little touch of the curse in the fourth match of CPL ruined his figures further when he was adjudged LBW.
In the seventh over of the innings of St Lucia Stars, explosive batsman Warner found himself involved in a shocking decision. It occurred in the second delivery of the over when Warner went for the reverse sweep on the bowling of South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir.
The Aussie batsman while opting for the reverse sweep and gloved the ball towards the off side. It was a low full-toss from Tahir.
However, it was a tough decision in the office for Australian batsman as umpire raised the dreaded figure without giving a second thought to it.
This shocking decision from umpire fumed helpless Warner, who is facing a rough patch of his life. It was a promising start for Warner, who took 21 balls to set his eyes at the crease. Due to the wrong decision, Warner could only collect 11 runs before having a long walk towards the dugout.
St Lucia found themselves short:
St Lucia Stars find themselves just short of three runs as they could not chase a score of 142.
At the tally of 113 for the loss of two wickets, St Lucia met with a major collapse. Their batsman fell like a pack of cards all credit goes to Rayad Emrit and Tahir.
Emrit took three scalps while as Tahir satisfied himself after claiming two wickets.
Earlier, David Warner kicked off his stint in CPL 2018 edition with a single digit contribution. His team lost that match by 100 runs against the Trinbago Knight Riders at the Port of Spain.
