London ∙ Dilip Jajodia, the owner of the Dukes cricket ball manufacturing company, will investigate the ‘ball-tampering’ controversy in the fifth Ashes cricket test. Former cricketers and others have demanded an official inquiry into the alleged use of a 5-year-old ball in the match.
Following this, Dukes Company also announced that there will be an internal investigation into the incident. Australia’s target of victory was 384 runs in the second innings of the 5th Ashes Test. Australia’s innings, which started the fifth day with 135 runs without losing a wicket, ended 49 runs behind.
On the fifth day, in the first session, English pacer Mark Wood’s ball hit Aussie opening batsman Usman Khawaja’s helmet. This made a slight difference in the shape of the ball. This ball was replaced and the game continued with another ball. Noticing that the ‘new’ ball was swinging more, Khawaja raised doubts with the umpires, but it didn’t matter. Australia lost the match after losing wickets continuously. With this, the controversies became heated.
It is alleged that the ball used instead was at least 5 years old and 2018-19 was written on the ball. Dukes officials said that an old ball may have been inadvertently left in the box where the balls to be used in the series are kept and that an internal investigation will be conducted to determine what happened.
English Summary: Dukes Ball Company to investigate old ball controversy
2023-08-07 05:31:41
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