Jayasuriya continued to send the ball too far down the leg side throughout the over, bowling to Daryl Mitchell, and was called for three wides. At the end of the over, Sri Lanka were clearly unhappy with wides being called. Speaking after the match, captain Dimuth Karunaratne said the team asked for clarity why spinner Jayasuriya had been targeted by the umpires, yet the seamers from both teams hadn’t. Sri Lankan spinner Prabath Jayasuriya celebrates bowling Tom Latham on Monday – the first wicket to fall in a drama-filled day. Fleming took the opposite side of the argument and believed Gaffaney was right to call the wides.

Source: Stuff March 13, 2023 23:41 UTC