Controversy over Mathews LBW in WPL: Third umpire showed wrong replay in review, gave out, then changed decision after seeing correct clip

A strange incident happened in WPL i.e. Women’s Premier League. The negligence of the third umpire was seen in the match between Mumbai Indians and UP Warriors at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday. Sophie Ecclestone bowled fuller length in the fifth ball of the fourth over of the second innings. Mathews defends and Warriors appeals for LBW. Umpire rejected it and UP took the review. Replays showed that the ball was hitting Haley’s bat, yet it was checked for LBW and Mathews was adjudged out.

Mathews stayed for a long time, then it was found that the replay of a different ball was shown in DRS. The umpire reversed his decision and Mathews was not out. Earlier, she also avoided being run out.

given out in the first replay
The first replay from the third umpire showed the ball hitting Mathews’ toe before hitting the bat. Hawkeye sees the ball going straight to the middle stump. At the behest of the third umpire, the field umpire Pathak gave Mathews out.

The first clip landed on the first toe.

Seen going straight to the middle stump.

Mathews stood on the ground
Batsman Mathews was taken aback by the umpire’s decision. He refused to leave the ground. She stood at the crease only. She was confident that the first ball touched the bat. Seeing this, the umpire again saw the replay and on second look, the third umpire saw that the ball hit the bat first. The umpire again took the correct call and Mathews was not out.

The second check showed the correct clip. In this, the first bat is hit.

Mumbai Indians’ fourth consecutive win

On Sunday, Mumbai Indians defeated UP Warriors by 8 wickets. This is Mumbai’s fourth consecutive win in the tournament, while UP’s second defeat in 4 matches. Saika Ishaq of Mumbai took 3 wickets.

Batting first after winning the toss at the Brabourne Stadium, UP scored 159 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Alyssa Healy scored 58 and Tahlia McGrath scored 50. In response, Mumbai achieved the target by losing 2 wickets in 17.3 overs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 53 runs. Harman was awarded the player of the match for this performance.