Fletcher confirms official complaint lodged
England coach Duncan Fletcher today
confirmed that his team had lodged an official complaint with
match referee Dennis Lindsay following the controversial
dismissal of Marcus Trescothick in the first one-day
international game against India in Kolkata last evening.
An England and Wales Cricket Board spokesman said a
letter had been written which "expressed our concern over the
standard of umpiring in the match".
Chasing a total of 282, England were in hunt till
Trescothick (121) was on the crease but collapsed to concede a
22-run victory to India.
England captain Nasser Hussain told Radio Five Live that
he had asked the match referee to probe into two controversial
leg before wicket decisions.
"I hope the ICC match referee has a look at things,"
Hussain said. "I'm tired of commenting on umpires decisions
every other game.
"My team were certainly not the losers out there. Cricket
lost out a little bit but certainly not my team," he said.
Hussain himself was adjudged lbw to Anil Kumble but it
was the dismissal of centurion Trescothick that proved the
turning point in the game.
Trescothick was given out for 121 to a delivery from
Javagal Srinath that, replays showed, had pitched outside leg
stump.
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Complete coverage: England's tour of India
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