[shevek]

It seems likely that England received the World Cup because

Kumar Dharmasena
Marais Erasmus
Rod Tucker &
Ranjan Madugalle

were unaware of Law 19.8

Discuss

[pran]

shevek, on 2019-July-16, 05:04, said:

It seems likely that England received the World Cup because

Kumar Dharmasena
Marais Erasmus
Rod Tucker &
Ranjan Madugalle

were unaware of Law 19.8

Discuss

And what is Law 19.8 ?

[pescetom]

pran, on 2019-July-16, 05:29, said:

And what is Law 19.8 ?

Rule 19.8: Overthrow or wilful act of fielder
If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the wilful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be

— any runs for penalties awarded to either side

— and the allowance for the boundary

— and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.

[barmar]

Why are we talking about cricket? (I had to google one of the names in the OP to find out what sport this was.)

[pran]

barmar, on 2019-July-16, 09:22, said:

Why are we talking about cricket? (I had to google one of the names in the OP to find out what sport this was.)

That makes two of us

[Cyberyeti]

shevek, on 2019-July-16, 05:04, said:

It seems likely that England received the World Cup because

Kumar Dharmasena
Marais Erasmus
Rod Tucker &
Ranjan Madugalle

were unaware of Law 19.8

Discuss

Actually I think it was very unlikely it changed the result. My suspicion is that instead of premeditating to bunt the final pie bowled by Boult (and I don't think that would have changed, he went for a Yorker and missed it) for a single to try to ensure the tie and hope to run a second, whoever faced it would have hit it for 4 or 6 if they needed more than 1.