Australian T20 captain Mitch Marsh moved to shut down any controversy over a missed run-out in Sunday’s win over the West Indies and conceded the umpire “got it right” amid some questions over the behaviour of some of his players.
Umpire Gerard Abood had to tell several Australians to “get on with the game” in Adelaide after declaring no-one appealed for a late run out in the convincing 34-run win.
As players assembled to question why Jason Holder was not given out after the throw from Marsh allowed Spencer Johnson to take the bails off, Abood said the complaining players were “getting into really poor territory”.
Stump microphones even picked up Tim David saying “this is a joke” having been adamant he appealed from the outfield.
But after arriving in Perth on Monday for Tuesday’s third and final clash, Marsh declared Abood was in the right.
“My thoughts were I probably should have appealed,” he said.
“If you look back, it was probably the right call.
“There were certain guys I thought they appealed on the boundary, but ultimately I see it as any umpiring decision, we respect it, and we’ve moved on.”
Australian match-winner Glenn Maxwell, who smashed 120 in the win, was adamant there were enough appeals for a decision to come from the umpire.
But he also said there wasn;t a “screaming appeal” and possibly umpire Abood, who wears a protective helmet, needed some more vigour from the Australians.
“The umpire deemed that no-one had appealed,” Australian century-maker Glenn Maxwell said.
“And there was a few of us that thought we did appeal. That was basically just where the confusion is.
“And to be fair, I understand, it wasn’t like a screaming appeal from everyone.
“We thought it was pretty close, and there were a few of us sort of putting their hands up.
“It was just confusing … just a weird one, one of those weird rules in cricket.
“We should probably just be a little bit louder with our appeals.”
Abood was following rule 31.1 of the laws of cricket, which clearly says Neither umpire shall give a batter out, even though he/she may be out under the laws, unless appealed to by a fielder.


