Watch: After an Unusual LBW Decision in the Cricket World Cup 2023, Steve Smith Left Dumbfounded
The star batsman of Australian cricket team Steve Smith was left completely dumbfounded after a DRS review resulted in a rather unusual LBW dismissal during the Cricket World Cup 2023 match between Australia and South Africa in Lucknow on Thursday. A delivery from Kagiso Rabada struck Smith on the pads as he tried to shuffle across the stumps, and to the naked eye, it looked like the ball was missing the leg stump. However, South Africa went for the review, and the replay showed that the ball was actually hitting the stumps. There was some confusion about the decision as the ball tracker showed the end result directly and not the journey of the ball, which resulted in Smith being quite unhappy with the whole process. Even the on-field umpire, Joel Wilson, looked surprised at the third umpire overturning his not-out decision.
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On Thursday, Quinton de Kock hit his second successive century at the Cricket World Cup as South Africa sent five-time champion Australia crashing to a 134-run defeat.
After the South African cricket team had made 311 runs at the loss of seven wickets, Australia lost six wickets with just 70 on the board and then focused solely on attempting to limit the damage to their net run rate.