If Australia is to narrowly miss out on making the T20 World Cup semi final then we’re going to be in for a major controversy.
With Australia fighting for survival against Afghanistan on Friday night, the hosts faced a five-ball over in the first innings.
The fourth over of Australia’s innings was short one ball, which potentially cost the nation a few important runs.
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Every run counts at this stage given Australia is trying to boost its net run rate to go ahead of England and into the semi finals.
An extra ball was counted on the scoreboard after David Warner and Mitchell Marsh ran on an overthrow having already run two.
On the scoreboard graphic in the coverage, two separate balls were counted, saying Australia had run two, and then three.
Umpires then called ‘over’ after just five balls, although no players appeared to notice the error.
The score was corrected but Australia’s innings remained a ball short.
