- Jharkhand lodges complaint with BCCI alleging that there was a scoring error after the one-run defeat. Women’s Under-19 Competition The Jharkhand Cricket Association complained to the BCCI, saying an official scorer failed to score a full run in 19.4 overs, turning a potential draw into a defeat at the end of the tournament.
- A bat and a ball (Credit: Robert Cianflone/) The Jharkhand Cricket Association has lodged a formal complaint with the Board of Control for Cricket in India alleging that an official scorer missed a completed run in the closing stages of his run against Uttarakhand in the women’s under-19 competition.
- The JCA claims that this simple omission denied Jharkhand at least a draw and brought its tournament campaign to an abrupt end.
Jharkhand lodges complaint with BCCI alleging that there was a scoring error after the one-run defeat. Women’s Under-19 Competition The Jharkhand Cricket Association complained to the BCCI, saying an official scorer failed to score a full run in 19.4 overs, turning a potential draw into a defeat at the end of the tournament.
A bat and a ball (Credit: Robert Cianflone/) The Jharkhand Cricket Association has lodged a formal complaint with the Board of Control for Cricket in India alleging that an official scorer missed a completed run in the closing stages of his run against Uttarakhand in the women’s under-19 competition. The JCA claims that this simple omission denied Jharkhand at least a draw and brought its tournament campaign to an abrupt end. Uttarakhand batted first last Tuesday and scored 134 for 6.
Jharkhand were dismissed for 133 after the last over of their innings, falling short by one run. The defeat eliminated Jharkhand from the U19 women’s tournament. The JCA complaint argues that the controversial call changed the outcome of the game and deprived the team of a minimal percentage of points.
What hpened in 19.4 overs during Jharkhand’s chase? The JCA’s report on the incident is accurate. At the 19.4 mark of Jharkhand’s reply, one of their batters was thrown out while going for a second run.
According to the association, the official scorer only recorded the dismissal and did not count the first run that had already been completed before the batsman was sent off. This run was therefore never reflected in Jharkhand’s overall result. The game situation at the Amritbai Daga College ground in Nagpur was tense throughout.
Since Uttarakhand scored 134 for 6 shots last Tuesday, Jharkhand thought they needed 2 runs to win or 1 run to draw. The on-field scoreboard operator added the disputed point on the screen during the chase and the Jharkhand players continued their innings based on this updated count. When the final score was confirmed as a one-run loss, the players were stunned and thought a single was over before that throw ended.
They asked the scorer to the ground immediately after the end of the game, but the scorer refused to change the entry, the complaint says. What is the basis of JCA’s complaint to the BCCI? “The scoreboard at the back showed the updated score after each ball, but the main scorer forgot to add a point, which cost us the draw.
We asked the scorer to make the correction but he didn’t. As per the rule, umpires should address the scorer and not the person scoring on the scoreboard,” a Jharkhand Cricket official was quoted as saying by Outlook. JCA’s argument before the BCCI hinges on this procedural point.
Under the plicable playing conditions, the referees are bound by the entry of the official goalscorer and not by the score displayed on the venue scoreboard. As the leading scorer’s tally ruled out the disputed point, the result of the match was a one-point defeat and Jharkhand’s campaign in the U19 women’s tournament ended. The BCCI’s response to the complaint and the action taken had not been confirmed at the time of writing this report.
