Marylebone Cricket Club, the body responsible for the laws of cricket has responded to the timing out of Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews, identifying the key rule the all-rounder didn't adhere to during a controversial wicket.
Under Law 40.1.1 the batter has three minutes to be ready to receive the next ball after dismissal, however the ICC one-day international playing conditions supersede the laws in the World Cup with the required time of two minutes.
In a statement from the MCC, the organisation specified Mathews was not ready to receive the ball, supporting the decision made by umpire Marais Erasmus.
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"The key part of the Law, on this occasion, is that the batter must 'be ready to receive the ball'," the statement read.
"Being on the field, or even at the wicket, is not enough to avoid being timed out. The batter must be in position for the bowler to be able to bowl inside the allotted time.
"The umpires determined that Mathews was not ready to face the ball within that two-minute allowance. He subsequently suffered an issue with his helmet, causing further delay.
"Had the umpires been informed of a significant, justifiable, equipment-related delay within the two-minute allowance, they could have treated it as a new type of delay (as they would when, for example, a bat breaks), possibly even calling time, allowing for a resolution of that delay without the batter being at risk of being timed out. However, it is important to note that both umpires determined the delay came after the two minutes had elapsed, and that time had not been called before the appeal.
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"Having taken more than 90 seconds to get to the 30-yard circle, Mathews appeared to notice that he was short on time, jogging the final few yards to the wicket. His helmet malfunction has since been shown to have taken place 1 minute and 54 seconds after the previous wicket had fallen. He had not, at this stage, begun to take guard and was not close to being in a position to receive the ball."
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The MCC went on to state Mathews didn't discuss his equipment malfunction with the umpires.
In the aftermath of the incident, Mathews called Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan a disgrace for appealing to the umpires.
"It was obviously disgraceful from Shakib and Bangladesh," he said. "If they want to take wickets like that and stoop down to that level, there's something wrong, drastically.
"It's [a] very disappointing way that Bangladesh played. If it was Mankading or obstructing the field, there's no issue. Within two minutes I was at the crease, and it was when I was at the crease that my helmet broke.
"The umpires saw this. I still had five seconds left. After I showed my helmet, the umpires said [Bangladesh] had appealed. So I asked where common sense was because my two minutes hadn't passed."
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