James Anderson, Stokes’ Test team-mate, has revealed that the all-rounder, who was hugely apologetic the moment the incident happened, had appealed to the umpires to overturn their decision. “But if it goes to the boundary, in the rules it’s four and you can’t do anything about it. “I think, talking to Michael Vaughan who saw him after the game, Ben Stokes actually went to the umpires and said, ‘Can you take that four runs off. Former Australian umpire Simon Taufel has described the costly ruling in the World Cup final as a “clear mistake”. However, the ICC said the umpires took decisions on the field based on their interpretation of the rules, and the cricket body would not comment on the episode.

Source: Hindustan Times July 17, 2019 06:00 UTC