DTVHINDILLC 2024: Irfan Pathan imitates Billy Bowden’s ‘crooked finger of doom’ signal, video wins hearts
Odisha captain Irfan Pathan imitated New Zealand veteran umpire Billy Bowden’s “crooked finger of doom” out signal on the fence during the match. Irfan Pathan (Source X) Legends League Cricket (LLC 2024) got off to a great start on 20 September, with Konark Suryas Odisha defeating Manipal Tigers in a thrilling and low-scoring match. The match was played at the Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur on 20 September. Odisha won the match by 2 runs, but a funny incident was also seen during the match which caught everyone’s attention. Odisha captain Irfan Pathan imitated legendary New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden’s fence “crooked finger of doom” out signal during the match. The incident happened in the third over of the second innings when Manipal Tigers were chasing 105 runs. Irfan stood beside Bowden and signaled out in his style, which made Bowden laugh. Irfan Pathan’s funny style of imitating this famous gesture of Boden is going viral on social media. Watch this viral video, in which this funny incident between Irfan and Boden was captured: The funnier side of @irfanpathan_official! Watch as Irfan Pathan imitates umpire Billy Bowden’s umpiring style! pic.twitter.com/21qNtKqcU0 — Shubham Srivastava (@Shubham192223) September 21, 2024 Konark Suryas Odisha wins thrillingly by two runs Manipal Tigers captain Harbhajan Singh won the toss and decided to bowl first. Odisha had a bad start, where their top-3 batsmen got out on single digit scores. After this, Dilshan Munaweera, Ross Taylor and captain Irfan Pathan struggled on the pitch and tried to handle the team. These three together scored 43 runs, but batting on the pitch was proving to be quite difficult. In the final over, Naveen Stewart and Vinay Kumar hit two boundaries each to help Odisha cross the 100-run mark and post 104/9 in 20 overs. In reply, Manipal Tigers had a poor start as their openers Robin Uthappa and Solomon Mire were dismissed without scoring a single wicket. The team’s score was reduced to 38/6 in the first 13 overs. However, Daniel Christian and Obas Pinar tried to put the team in a good position with a 49-run partnership, but Irfan Pathan defended 13 runs in the last over to give Odisha a thrilling two-run win.
AUS-W vs SA-W: Mid-field umpire made a big mistake, first raised his finger and then gave the signal of not-out.
The second match of the ODI series between Australia Women and South Africa Women is being played on 7 February at North Sydney Oval. AUS-W vs SA-W (Photo Source: X/Twitter) AUS-W vs SA-W: South Africa women’s cricket team is currently seen playing a multiformat series against Australia. At present, a three-match ODI series is being played between the two teams. In the first ODI match of the series, Australia had registered a spectacular victory by 8 wickets. The second match of the series is being played on 7 February at Sydney Oval. Australian captain Alyssa Healy has won the toss and decided to bowl first. During South Africa’s innings, the umpire made a mistake on the field which surprised all the players but at the same time they could not stop themselves from laughing, the video of which is going viral on social media. AUS-W vs SA-W: The umpire made a big mistake AUS-W vs SA-W: Batsman Sune Luus tried to play a sweep shot on the last ball of the 24th over of South Africa’s innings. But the ball slipped from under his bat and hit his front foot pad. The onfield umpire declared it not out. But the Australian team took review. When the third umpire checked, ball tracking revealed that the ball was outside the line of off-stump. After which the third umpire asked the onfield umpire to stick to his decision. But onfield umpire Claire Polosak made a mistake and raised her finger, after which she realized her mistake and laughingly gave the signal of not-out. Seeing this foolishness of umpire Claire Polosak, Australian players could not stop themselves from laughing. Sune Luus returned to the pavilion in the 26th over against Ashley Gordner after scoring 19 runs in 33 balls. Watch that video here- When you get the call right… but the signal wrong!#AUSvSA pic.twitter.com/wfZPD1Z761 — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 7, 2024 Batting first, South Africa women’s team scored 229 runs on the board at the loss of 6 wickets. Marijanne Cape played the highest innings of 75 runs for the team.
