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Hampshire wicketkeeper Lewis McManus sanctioned by ECB over controversial stumping


McManus has been disciplined after effecting a stumping with his left glove, when the ball was actually in his right handThe Hampshire wicketkeeper Lewis McManus has been given three disciplinary points for “misconduct” after a controversial stumping incident in their County Championship match against Leicestershire this month. Leicestershire issued a statement to “express their disappointment with the behaviour” of McManus after their batsman Hassan Azad was given out stumped despite McManus not having the ball in his hand when taking off the bails. He had caught the ball in his right hand and then whipped off the bails with his left glove. SponsoredThe rest of the Hampshire team had appealed for what they thought was a caught-behind decision, but Azad was given out stumped by the square-leg umpire. The controversy came when the batsman was not called back by McManus or James Vince, the Hampshire


Source: The Times April 26, 2021 16:03 UTC



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