AUS vs SA | Twitter reacts as Brevis' circus tricks at boundary rope go fruitless courtesy new rules
Rules are meant to be broken, which is why cricket calls the games' regulations as laws -- sanctum and ever-evolving. Dewald Brevis and South Africa fell victim to its latest modifications in the third ODI at Mackay on Sunday as an agile boundary effort ended up in six runs all the same.
Australia provided a scintillating clinical display of ODI batting against South Africa in the final match of the series, having already ceded the set 2-0. Their top-three of Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, and Cameron Green all scored centuries to take the team to 431/2. While Head's effort was rapid courtesy a lethal powerplay burst, Marsh played a more sedate knock with his 100 runs coming in 106 balls. However, Green erased any deficit that remained with a freakish display of 118 in just 55 deliveries, laced with six boundaries and eight maximums. However, the big all-rounder nearly did not get to the three figure mark and was only saved by the latest ICC playing condition changes that came into effect worldwide this month.
On the second ball of the 47th over, Green shuffled down the track against Wiaan Mulder and launched the Kookaburra to long-on but failed to connect properly. Dewald Brevis was waiting patiently as the white rock descended down his throat, only to realize he was too close to the ropes. The youngster grasped the ball and threw it up in the air immediately as he fell across the boundary but in his haste, Brevis had merely managed to launch the ball high and not to the other side. In a brilliant moment of instinctive thinking, Brevis leapt off both his feat and parried the ball safely to the playing area, before going across and saving a boundary -- or so he thought. ICC's latest rules state that when a player parries the ball to the other side, his lsat contact must have been within the playing area which was not the case in this scenario.
Twitterati had mixed reactions about the changed law.
Unbelievable!
— Why_Benstokes (@benstokes94425)
Unlucky!
Unbelievable effort from Brevis but it’s a 6 according to the new ICC rules
— Rana Shazib (@RanaShazibKhan)
Superb!
What a brilliant effort from Dewald Brevis to Stop the Six 🥶🔥
— The Brevis (@Ben10Brevis)
Yes!
Great Piece of Fielding from Devald Brevis
— Haidry BaLoch (@HaiDrY__BaLoCH)
True!
But Brevis never fails to make the effort atleast
— The Brevis (@Ben10Brevis)
What an effort!
Brevis😱😱😱
— Thiyagesh V (@VThiyagesh)
Brilliant!
What an effort Brevis!😳
— Samarpit (@Imsamarpit)
Six!
New rule its a SIX
— Noshair Abbas 💙 (@nakd72)
Unreal!
Brevis 🥶👏
— MOHIT SHUKLA (@MohitShukla1030)
Baby ABD!
Ab baby brevis ♥️🫨
— ਲੰਬੜ 🔫 (@godara_029)
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