Matthew Wade was involved in an extended argument with umpire Nitin Menon after the official refused to signall dead ball following a half-pull out by Wade during the Australia vs England T20 World Cup match in Barbados.
Australia got off to a flying start after being put into bat first by England. David Warner made 39 off 16 balls while Travis Head made 34 off 18 before he was dismissed by a cunning Jofra Archer slower ball.
From 74-2 at the end of the powerplay, England brought things back as Australia slipped to 168-5 by the fifth ball of the 17th over, bringing Matthew Wade to the crease.
Wade gets distracted by music mid-delivery
After smashing boundaries off his first two deliveries, Wade faced up against Adil Rashid for the third ball of the 18th over, but suffered a strange distraction.
Music from somewhere, presumably the stadium PA system, kicked in right as Rashid was about to bowl, forcing Wade to pull out. Rashid was too far into his delivery stride to stop himself from releasing the ball. He bowled a back of length delivery outside Wade's leg stump, but the wicketkeeper backed away and dead-batted the ball as it headed towards his body.
Animated argument ensues between Wade and umpire
Hands were in the air from almost everyone in and around the pitch. Jos Buttler gestured from behind the stumps, questioning how late Wade pulled out. Wade waited for the umpire to signal dead ball as he looked in his direction. Menon, however, was having none of it, as he asked Wade to carry on with his innings, refusing to call it a dead ball.
Wade then ventured down the pitch to have a chat with the umpire, only to be met with a stern "no". The left-hander took a single off the next ball and continued his discussion with umpire Menon for several minutes, clearly incensed with the non-dead ball call.
What do the laws say?
According to article 20.4.2.5 of the MCC laws of cricket, the umpire can signal a dead ball if "the striker is not ready for the delivery of the ball and, if the ball is delivered, makes no attempt to play it. Provided the umpire is satisfied that the striker had adequate reason for not being ready, the ball shall not count as one of the over."
Wade might not have been ready, but he ended up playing the ball with his bat, which went against him.
He eventually finished on 17 off 10 balls as Australia made 201, which proved 36 too many for England.
