Steve Smith and the desperation to win

#3 Catch or no catch

Steve Smith was miffed with umpire's decision

The match in question is the 3rd game of the 5-match ODI series between hosts Australia and England at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 21, 2018, and it turned out to be a highly controversial one.

England had set a daunting target of 303 for Australia but the hosts were up to the task with skipper Steven Smith leading from the front playing comfortably out in the middle.

However, on the final ball of the 34th over bowled by Mark Wood, Smith edged the ball to England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler who took an extremely low one-handed catch.

Smith was not convinced though and decided not to walk. The decision was then referred to third umpire Kumar Dharmasena and only after a number of replays was Smith adjudged out caught behind.

The Australians went on to lose the game by 16 runs. In a press conference later on, a clearly miffed Smith called for a change in the stance on controversial decisions.

Incidentally, in the same match, Smith was accused of using lip balm over the ball to generate reverse swing.