England World Cup hero Ben Stokes asked the umpires to take away the four overthrows that proved decisive during their summit clash win over New Zealand on Sunday, according to his Test team-mate Jimmy Anderson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A throw from Black Caps fielder Martin Guptill deflected off Stokes\u2019 bat while he was diving to reach his crease to complete the second run and the ball ran off to the boundary in the dying stages of the England run chase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having taken into account the two completed runs and the resultant boundary from the overthrow, Stokes was awarded six runs, though some experts have opined that he should only have got five, which would have left England a run short of New Zealand\u2019s total of 241 for 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Stokes had his way, the match might have never reached a tie and gone to a Super Over, where both teams scored 15 runs and England eventually won the World Cup on boundary count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anderson, who will be Stokes\u2019 Test team-mate for the upcoming Ashes series against Australia, said that the England all-rounder, who apologised the moment the incident happened by raising his hands, had appealed to the umpires to overturn their decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe etiquette in cricket is if the ball is thrown at the stumps and it hits you and goes into a gap in the field, you don\u2019t run. But if it goes to the boundary, in the rules it\u2019s four and you can\u2019t do anything about it,\u201d Anderson told the BBC\u2019s Tailenders podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think, talking to Michael Vaughan who saw him after the game, Ben Stokes actually went to the umpires and said, \u2018Can you take that four runs off. We don\u2019t want it\u2019. But it\u2019s in the rules and that\u2019s the way it is,\u201d added Anderson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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