So the WPL have now come out and said that the “mistake” made by the 3rd umpire was actually correct, and following the new rules they’ve implemented, requiring a bail to be visibly completely dislodged due to this year’s batch of zinger bails lighting up prematurely.
Which is fair enough I suppose, as it’s limited in scope to this comp, but my complaint is that this was all done too late. The umpires were apparently not told till before the second match (in question, above); and the teams were not told under after the afore-mentioned match. Therefore the feeling of injustice for MI remains, and the whole solution feels like it has been retconned in, doubling down on a mistake they decided to carry on making rather than a pre-planned rule change. Not a good look, or feel.
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