{"id":13445,"date":"2023-08-01T09:56:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=13445"},"modified":"2023-08-01T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T12:38:07","slug":"ricky-pointing-wants-investigation-of-ballgate-controversy-in-fifth-ashes-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/ricky-pointing-wants-investigation-of-ballgate-controversy-in-fifth-ashes-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Pointing Wants Investigation Of &#8216;Ballgate&#8217; Controversy In 5th Ashes Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ballgate-controversy-in-fifth-ashes-test-2023.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Ballgate&#039; controversy in 5th Ashes test 2023\" width=\"300\" title=\"Ricky Pointing Wants Investigation Of 'Ballgate' Controversy In 5th Ashes Test\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13446\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>England beat Australia in the 5th Ashes test to draw the series 2-2<\/li>\n<li>England managed to take 10 wickets on day 5 after the umpires changed the ball<\/li>\n<li>Ex-captain Ricky Ponting has called for the ICC to launch an investigation <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 5th and final test of the Ashes turned out to be another nail biter that kept fans at the edge of their seats as <strong>England succeeded in beating Australia by 49 runs<\/strong> in the final session of the 5th day to tie the series 2-2. <\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/betting-opportunity\/the-ashes-series-2023-preview\">Ashes series<\/a> showed cricket fans around the world why the game of test cricket is truly the greatest challenge in all formats. <\/p>\n<p>England and Australia were brilliant throughout the series and while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/pat-cummins-to-retire-as-aussie-captain-despite-retaining-the-ashes\/\">Australia retained the Ashes<\/a>, many fans believe that <strong>England should have won the series if the 4th test was not impacted by rain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the final day of the 5th test was marred due to a ball change controversy that ex-Australian skipper <strong>Ricky Ponting<\/strong> who was part of the commentary team called \u2018<em>disgraceful<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2>England Benefit From Controversial Ball Change <\/h2>\n<p>England were not happy with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/cricket\">cricket<\/a> ball during Australia\u2019s second innings and kept bringing it to the attention of the umpires throughout the 4th day\u2019s play. The ball did nothing for the English bowlers which helped <strong>David Warner<\/strong> and <strong>Usman Khawaja<\/strong> put on an unbeaten century partnership. <\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sqTlxYaYTBo?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>England managed to get the ball changed 2 overs prior to the end of the 4th day\u2019s play. When they started bowling on the 5th day, the ball suddenly offered the seamers a lot of movement and swing which troubled the Australian batsmen and eventually helped England get 10 wickets on the final day.<\/p>\n<h2>Ricky Ponting Calls For ICC Investigation <\/h2>\n<p>Ponting said the <strong>replacement ball appeared to be a lot less used and definitely had more shine<\/strong> which helped England on the 5th day and gave them an advantage over Australia. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Ponting said <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I cannot fathom how two international umpires that have done this so many times before, have got this so wrong. That is a huge moment in this game, potentially a huge moment in the Test match, and something I think has to be investigated. Whether there were the right condition balls in the box, or whether the umpires have gone and \ufeffblase, picked one out of there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: England beat Australia in the 5th Ashes test to draw the series 2-2 England managed to take 10 wickets on day 5 after the umpires changed the ball Ex-captain Ricky Ponting has called for the ICC to launch an investigation The 5th and final test of the Ashes turned out to be another nail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-sports","category-uk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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