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Vitality T20 Blast 2024: There are many rules in cricket that are known only when an incident related to them occurs. No-balls are usually the responsibility of the bowlers, or it can happen when the captain does not adjust the fielding according to the prescribed rules. But there is also a rule regarding no-balls, which is also related to the wicketkeeper.
Something similar happened in the Vitality T20 Blast 2024 tournament, the video of which is going viral on social media. In the match between Northamptonshire and Somerset on 5 September, Somerset won by 17 runs. Their wicketkeeper Lewis McManus played an important role in Northamptonshire's defeat. One of his mistakes gave a new lease of life to Somerset's Tom Collar Cadmore and also gave a no-ball. You have rarely seen such a no-ball in cricket.
Actually, when Koller was playing after scoring 41 runs in 31 balls, he got a new lease of life. Due to which Northampshire suffered a lot. After this, Koller was out after scoring 63 runs in 43 balls. Saif Zeb came to bowl the 14th over for Northamptonshire. He dismissed Tom Benton. On the fourth ball of the over, there was a strong appeal to stump Koller. For which the help of the third umpire was taken.
The third umpire saw in the replay that wicketkeeper McManus' gloves were in front of the stumps when the ball was bowled. According to the rules of cricket, the wicketkeeper should be behind the stumps when the ball is bowled. The third umpire was checking it. Call out or not, the third umpire declared the ball a no-ball after seeing that McManus' gloves were ahead of the stumps.
This gave Somerset a free hit and Kohler hit a six on the next ball. Somerset scored 215 runs for three wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Northamptonshire's team could only score 198 runs for five wickets in 20 overs. This was the quarter-final match and Northamptonshire is now out of the tournament. While in the semi-finals, Somerset will now face Surrey.