Sharing the World Cup would be the right thing, says Dav Whatmore
The HinduThe gut-wrenching final at Lord’s, visceral, brutal, and explosive, was adjudged by a thoughtless, arbitrary number of boundaries rule, that actually overlooked which team had lost less wickets in a tie after 100 captivating tension-filled overs. The World Cup should have been shared between England and New Zealand and it’s still not too late to right a grievous wrong that so cruelly denied the gallant Kiwis. New Zealand coach Gary Stead is open to the idea of a shared World Cup if the ICC, with an open mind, decides to re-look the events and circumstances of that epic Sunday that left millions of aficionados, cutting through barriers, feeling justice had not been done. Former Sri Lankan World Cup winning coach Dav Whatmore echoed similar words and said, “Sharing the Trophy would be the right thing to do but I don’t know whether it is possible. Then it emerged that the final over’s pivotal moment - that left the luckless New Zealand devastated - when the ball rocketed off the desperately diving Ben Stokes’ bat and shot past the ropes, was marred by a match-turning umpiring error.
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