Confusion regarding Ashraful's 100 resolved

[yaseer]

Mohammad Ashraful was cruelly denied a hundred in farcical circumstances. Mohammad Ashraful was cruelly dismissed on 99

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http://www.ecb.co.uk/domestic/brit-univ-v-bangladesh-day-2.html

Edited on, May 11, 2005, 5:00 PM GMT, by radicalsami.
Reason: title changed

[chinaman]

"Bangladesh's Mohammad Ashraful had to wait several hours before getting the century he felt he deserved against a British Universities side at Fenner's.

Ashraful was given out for 99 after a 139-ball innings featuring 18 fours.

But, having been on 87 overnight, he was convinced he had scored 15 further runs before being caught at fine leg.

And eventually the correct score of 102 was attributed to the batsman, who was the second best individual scorer in an excellent team total of 381."

BBC: Ashraful hits ton after confusion >> (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4536329.stm)

[yaseer]

thnx.............releived.......................:b ravo:

[Zephaniah]

[i]
The free-flowing Ashraful, the youngest centurion in Test history, was dismissed immediately after celebrating reaching three figures against the British Universities, only his third such score in first-class cricket.

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http://www.ecb.co.uk/domestic/brit-univ-v-bangladesh-day-2.html

This was Asraful's 8th first class century including 2 test tons.

[Zobair]

a big sigh of relief! Congratulations Mohammad Ashraful

[Kana-Baba]

The farce surrounding Ashraful's score was only resolved in mid-afternoon when it was discovered the scorers had missed a three hit by the batsman through mid-on.

Both the scoreboard operator and batsman himself recalled the missing stroke and the totals were then adjusted accordingly after discussions with umpires John Holder and Tim Robinson.

source: BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4536329.stm)

Edited on, May 11, 2005, 3:42 PM GMT, by Kana-Baba.

[Kana-Baba]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41133000/jpg/_41133109_ashraful203.jpg
classy Ash in action!


Edited on, May 11, 2005, 3:46 PM GMT, by Kana-Baba.

[Tintin]

When you do the scoring on paper it is an easy mistake to make. But when you score on a computer and overlook a three, the wrong batsman would be facing the next ball. So it is difficult to miss this error if you make it. And *both* the scorers seem to have missed it. Sounds strange.



Edited on, May 11, 2005, 4:05 PM GMT, by Tintin.

[akabir77]

sounds fishi to me i think its another deploy by British to make our plyrs confedence lower... :lol:

[Zobair]

Tintin read the article I posted in the articles sticky thread.

Originally posted by Tintin
When you do the scoring on paper it is an easy mistake to make. But when you score on a computer and overlook a three, the wrong batsman would be facing the next ball. So it is difficult to miss this error if you make it. And *both* the scorers seem to have missed it. Sounds strange.



Edited on, May 11, 2005, 4:05 PM GMT, by Tintin.

[Tintin]

Thanks, pompous. Sounds like a very bad error from the scorers and nothing more.