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    "excerpt": "Dubai, July 28:\u00a0The International Cricket Council (ICC) has backed umpire Kumar Dharmasena after he was targeted for his controversial overthrow call in the World Cup final 2019 recently. In the fina",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Dubai, July 28:<\/strong>&nbsp;The International Cricket Council (ICC) has backed umpire Kumar Dharmasena after he was targeted for his controversial overthrow call in the World Cup final 2019 recently.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the final of the showpiece event, England needed nine runs from three deliveries to win before Dharmasena awarded the hosts six runs when a throw from New Zealand&#39;s Martin Guptill ricocheted off Ben Stokes&#39; bat and went to the boundary. The batsmen didn&#39;t cross for their second run when the throw was sent on its way, so should have only been five runs.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Sri Lankan umpire accepted his mistake, but didn&#39;t regret the decision. His error could have handed the Kiwis a victory, but with the match and the resulting Super Over eventually tied, England were declared winners on boundary countback.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>ICC, General Manager of Cricket, Geoff Allardice, noted that the umpires had to make a judgement call as to whether the batsmen had crossed when the throw was released.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Talking to ESPNCricinfo, he said: &quot;After everything that went on during that delivery, they got together over their comms system and made their decision. They certainly followed the right process when making the decision.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;They were aware of the law when they made the judgement about whether the batsmen had crossed or not at the time. The playing conditions don&#39;t allow them to refer to such a decision to a third umpire. The match referee cannot intervene when the umpires on the field have to make a judgement call like that,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n",
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