VIDEO: What were not out of Travis Head? Questions raised on another decision of third umpire
On the first day of the second Test between West Indies and Australia at Grenada’s National Cricket Stadium, the decision of the third umpire once again came under question. After batting first, Australia was in a difficult situation and the third umpire’s decision worked to further their difficulties as Travis Head was given out in a controversial manner.
Shai Hope stopped the innings of Travis Head for 29 runs with a hand catch with one hand. The incident has rejoined the debate over umpiring after several controversial decisions in the last Test. The incident was seen in the 27th over of the Australian innings, when Australia’s score was 5 wickets for 110, Shamar Joseph threw the short and rising ball, which was the head of the head bat.
The ball hit the edge of his bat and walked to the left side of Hope, where the wicketkeeper appealed to a brilliant catch and the field umpire was not sure whether the catch was clean or not, so he sent the verdict to the third umpire. After careful review, the third umpire ruled in favor of the fielding team, which confirmed that Hope’s fingers were under the ball.
What a Start!#Mohammedsiraj Strikes in his very first over of the day, getting the big wicket of #JOEROOTAnd needless to say, 𝐲𝐞𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢, 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢!
How Crucial Cold This Breakthrough be in Shaping The Innings?#ENGVIND, pic.twitter.com/vreeydn59s
– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) July 4, 2025
The special thing is that after dismissing the root, Mohammad Siraj did not stop here and he also surprised English Captain Ben Stokes while short balling on the next ball of the over. Let me tell you that Ben Stokes had no answer to this ball and he lost his wicket on the score of zero, catching the wicketkeeper by putting his bat on it. The video has also been shared by the video star sports which you can see below.
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𝗬𝗲𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗶 𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗶, 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗶 😎👊🏻#ENGVIND 👉 2nd Test, Day 3 | Live now on Jiohotstar ➡… pic.twitter.com/lg7fobarnx
– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) July 4, 2025
Significantly, till the news is written, the English team has played 28 overs in their first inning and has scored 123 runs losing 5 wickets. Overall, he is still 464 runs behind the score of 587 runs scored by India in the first inning.
Teams are as follows
England (playing XI): Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brooke, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicket -keeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Josh Tung, Shoaib Bashir.
India (playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna.
