World Cup 2019: 4 umpiring blunders from the tournament 

#1 Umpiring howlers change the course of the Final

Game-changing moment?

Despite the massive blunder by him in the semi-final, ICC persisted with Kumar Dharmasena in World Cup Final. Once again, Dharmasena emulated his semi-final blunders, with New Zealand being on the receiving end this time. He ruled Henry Nicholls out, but the latter survived on account of the DRS.

When Martin Guptill exhausted the review, Ross Taylor was dismissed on a wrong call by Marais Erasmus, but Taylor was unfortunate not to have the review. Taylor had got off to a good start and started his task of rebuilding the innings. His dismissal was a crucial moment in the game, as that left only keeper Latham and the all-rounders to follow.

Ross Taylor was ruled out wrongly by Dharmasena

However, the biggest umpiring howler came in the last over of the match, which possibly cost the Cup to New Zealand. With England needing 9 runs off 3 balls, Ben Stokes hit the ball towards deep mid-wicket, and called for two runs. Martin Guptill threw the ball, which hit the bat of a diving Stokes and went straight to the fence. Dharmasena awarded 6 runs to England for the same, with 2 runs of running, and 4 due to the overthrow.

Ben Stokes' bat hit a throw from the deep resulting in a total of 6 runs for England

It was later found out that Dharamsena made a gross error of judgement. The event should have resulted in only 5 runs for England, as Stokes had not crossed the crease when the ball had hit his bat for the overthrow. Former international umpire Simon Taufel, too, asserted that the throw should have resulted in only 5 runs, with 4 runs left to get off the last 2 balls and Adil Rashid on strike.

The match ended in a tie and went on to the Super Over. The 1 extra run, which was ruled in favour of England made all the difference in the end.