Bangladesh coach calls for timed-out rule change as Shakib row rumbles on

Bangladesh coach Hathurusingha calls for umpires to decide timed-out law, as debate rumbles on about Shakib Al Hasan's role in controversial dismissal of Angelo Mathews. Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka in World Cup game, but victory overshadowed by dismissal. Hathurusingha says focus is on beating Australia, who won 6th game in a row.

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha called for a change to cricket’s timed-out law, saying it should be a matter for the umpires only, as debate rumbled on about Shakib Al Hasan’s role in a controversial dismissal of Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews.

Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets in a World Cup group-stage game in Delhi on November 6.

However, the result was overshadowed by Mathews becoming the first player in the 146-year history of major international cricket to be timed out following an appeal by Shakib, which the Tigers captain refused to withdraw.

Mathews was given out after he exceeded the two minutes allowed for an incoming batsman to take strike as he attempted to secure a broken strap on his helmet.

Bangladesh bowling coach Allan Donald, who is to quit his post when his contract expires after the World Cup, was unhappy with the dismissal, telling the CricBlog website: “I think it really overshadowed a clinical performance by Bangladesh. I’m sort of a bit still shocked about it to be honest.

“It’s just my values that I have as a person and as a cricketer,” the 57-year-old former South Africa fast bowler added.

But Hathurusingha said Friday: “I don’t think it (the row) is going to stop here, whatever I say. The only thing I can say is that it’s one of the modes of dismissal.