During the third T20 match between Pakistan and Australia, a controversy arose over Cooper Connolly’s knock.
According to reports, the Australian team was struggling to chase down the target and they needed 126 runs from 38 balls with 4 wickets remaining.
In such a situation, Cooper Connolly tried to play forward with the best ball of the match by Muhammad Nawaz, but the ball passed through his leg and into the hand of the keeper, who showed movement and made a difficult post.
FIBER! Nawaz turns with Cooper Connolly and Khawaja Nafay with whips from the neck ⚡
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The referee present, the players of both teams and even the third umpire did not realize at the time that the stumping was invalid according to ICC rules.
What happened was that Khawja Nafi hit his neck with his left hand, while the ball was in his right hand.
According to ICC rules, stumping is considered valid only when the ball is in the same hand as the wickets.
After that, there was an endless discussion about this issue on social media.
