Veteran Sri Lankan participant Angelo Mathews was sad with the ball change throughout the third day of the primary Check between England and Sri Lanka on the Emirates Previous Trafford in Manchester. Sri Lanka had a lead of 24 runs and the rating was 146-4 when the ball was modified.
Kamindu Mendis was batting on 33 and Mathew was on 59 on the time. “It regarded like they have been working out of plans however sadly the ball was modified,” Mathews informed Sky Sports activities.
“We have been informed they didn’t have sufficiently old balls to switch. It modified the complete momentum of the sport. You’re employed so onerous to eliminate that shine, and we did that. As soon as the ball was modified, it was an entire totally different sport,” the 37-year-old stated forward of the beginning of the fourth Day’s play.
“I don’t know which yr the balls have been,” Mathews added. “You’ve obtained to have a algorithm the place you identify how the ball goes to be modified… I don’t know, however it may be disadvantageous for the batters.” England beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets on the finish.
“It’s onerous to gauge as a result of as soon as the ball was modified, the overheads got here into play and the lights got here on, and it type of coincided with each elements,” England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith theorized after the sport.
Coincidentally this isn’t the primary time there was controversy about ball change. Final English summer time when Australia have been in England for the Ashes throughout the fifth Check on the Kia Oval in London the ball was modified after 37 overs. Nonetheless, Australian opener Usman Khawaja questioned the swap to a more recent and more durable ball.
“An enormous blunder that must be investigated,” former Australian participant Ricky Ponting stated on the time. England have been trailing 2-1 within the sequence forward of the Check nonetheless beat Australia by 49 runs within the fifth Check to stage the sequence 2-2.