A throw from the deep in the last over deflected off Ben Stokes' bat and resulted in four to allow England to take the 2019 World Cup final to the super-over, where the team ultimately prevailed over New Zealand on boundary count law following successive ties to lift the trophy at Lord's.
Former Black Caps cricketer Glenn Turner, however, reckons that should never have been allowed to happen, as he believes Stokes should've been adjudged out at that very moment by the umpires.
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"I think that they gave the wrong result. But to have given out the man of the match at the time for obstructing the field which ought to have happened would have of course changed the result," Turner was quoted as saying by ‘stuff.co.nz’.
“Now that you are getting third umpires involved and they are seeing replays of things they will be able to make those sorts of decisions in the future I would hope."
The boundary count law was widely criticised by everyone, which led the ICC to abolish it and formally adopt a multiple super-over method to break ties in the future.
Meanwhile, Turner, also the ex-chairman of New Zealand's senior selection panel, believes cricket administrators have "gone down the path of capitalism".
"Money rules and you’ve got Twenty20 dominating to such an extent where it is putting what I consider to be more worthwhile forms of the game virtually into the background," he said.
“That is only happening because of the money that they can get from that and of course the argument too, is that it is getting more people interested in the game," added the 72-year-old, who scored 2991 runs in 41 Tests and 1598 runs in 41 ODIs for New Zealand.
"But if you dine at a fast food takeaway, does that mean that you are going to go on to fine dining? I don’t think so and that doesn’t appear to be happening."
Having said that, Turner does believe the balance in power is tilted towards the players these days. "The power has shifted almost totally to the players where boards step back and let the game be run largely by senior players. Things have turned 180 degrees and I don’t think either is ideal," he said.
"But the thing that is happening, which I see as a mistake, is that they are getting full 12-month retainers while being able to sign contracts with as many other people as they can and not making themselves fully available for New Zealand. That’s too big a sacrifice I feel," Turner added.
(Inputs from PTI)
