Wicket-keeper Lewis McManus dislodged the bails and the square leg umpire gave Azad out.<\/p>\n
MORE CRICKET NEWS:<\/strong> Ricky Ponting baffled by Indian prodigy's rejection<\/a><\/p>\n However, replays showed McManus had the ball in his right glove while removing the bails with his left glove.<\/p>\n Law 29.1.1.5 states: "The wicket is put down if a bail is completely removed from the top of the stumps … by a fielder with his\/her hand or arm, providing that the ball is held in the hand or hands so used, or in the hand of the arm so used."<\/p>\n But despite the glaring disregard for that law, McManus appeared to make no attempt to withdraw his appeal or notify the umpires of his mistake.<\/p>\n Wisden.com reported that Leicestershire had contacted match referee Stuart Cummings about the incident.<\/p>\n "For everyone at Leicestershire, the behaviour displayed by Hampshire was extremely disappointing and has no place in the game," Leicestershire chief executive Sean Jarvis said in a statement.<\/p>\n "I have written to the ECB following the completion of this fixture to express the concerns and disappointment of what happened.<\/p>\n "I hope we can resolve this matter quickly and move on from the incident."<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/WisdenCricket\/status\/1380905366398058513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1380905366398058513%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Ffootage-exposes-wicketkeepers-shocking-move-in-county-championship-match%2Fnews-story%2Fea38d5b26f7dcd50aa1d8aae0f7bb795<\/a><\/p>\n Hampshire captain James Vince, who's played 41 internationals with England, including 13 Tests, defended his maligned wicket-keeper.<\/p>\n "Lewis is pretty down about how it looks, but from his and our point of view we weren't aware there was an issue until a few overs later," Vince told the ECB Reporters Network.<\/p>\n "We're talking split seconds. Had we known instantly we would have called (Azad) back.<\/p>\n "Knowing Lewis, if he'd known exactly what he'd done, he would have said something."<\/p>\n Cummins said the ECB would release a statement on the incident and that Hampshire had no plans to make an official comment, according to ESPNcricinfo.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The villainous behaviour of a wicket-keeper has soured a county championship match between Hampshire and Leicestershire. Hampshire thrashed Leicestershire by an innings and 105 runs […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56928,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56925\/revisions\/56928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n