Shakib surprised by 'unusual' lbw decision

Bangladesh superstar Shakib Al Hasan has pleaded with umpires to maintain consistency after he was unusually – but correctly – given out lbw advancing down the wicket to the spin of Travis Head against Australia on Monday.

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Points were ultimately split in the crunch Champions Trophy contest to leave both sides with a chance of progressing to the semi-final stage, however Shakib said he hadn't seen a player given out in the manner he was against Head's off-spin.

Having made his way to a patient 29 from 47 balls, the No.5 batsman came out of his crease as he attempted to play down the ground, but was struck on the pad.

The Australians appealed and umpire Nigel Llong raised his finger, with Shakib immediately referring the decision.

Tracking technology showed the ball was going on to hit the stumps, while the point of impact was deemed 'umpires call' and as such, the batsman was on his way.

Shakib, the No.1 ranked allrounder in all three formats of the game, took issue with the distance between himself and the stumps when he was struck.

"Normally they (umpires) don’t give out when the batsman is well forward," he said.

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"If the umpire thinks it was out then I have nothing to say on the matter.

"But it's unusual for a batsman to be given out lbw after coming down the wicket – I've never witnessed something like that before.

"Since umpires have started giving this type of decisions I hope consistency is maintained; let's see what happens next."

While Shakib may not have witnessed such a dismissal before, there is in fact at least one recent precedent of umpires being more confident about giving advancing batsmen out lbw; Australia captain Steve Smith was given in much the same manner against South Africa in the WACA Test last summer.

Shakib rued post-match his untimely exit from proceedings, after which Bangladesh lost 7-60 to be all out for 182.

Tamim Iqbal made a valiant 95 but was out trying to force the pace – a circumstance Shakib believed could have been avoided had he still been occupying the crease.

"If I were with Tamim, we could have scored something like 260," he added.

"The wicket was different from the one we had against England; it was not a wicket to produce 320 to 330 runs.

"The ball was bouncing up and down.

"It could have been a different game had I been there with Tamim – he could have batted freely."

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Schedule

1 June – England beat Bangladesh by eight wickets

2 June – New Zealand v Australia, No Result

3 June – Sri Lanka lost to South Africa by 96 runs

4 June – India beat Pakistan by 124 runs

5 June – Australia v Bangladesh, No Result

6 June – England v New Zealand, Cardiff (D)

7 June – Pakistan v South Africa, Edgbaston (D/N)

8 June – India v Sri Lanka, The Oval (D)

9 June – New Zealand v Bangladesh, Cardiff (D)

10 June – England v Australia, Edgbaston (D)

11 June – India v South Africa, The Oval (D)

12 June – Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Cardiff (D)

14 June – First semi-final (A1 v B2), Cardiff (D)

15 June – Second semi-final (A2 v B1), Edgbaston (D)

18 June – Final, The Oval (D)

19 June – Reserve day (D)