"Batsman was correctly given out": ICC issues clarification on Michael Neser's outside boundary catch

New Delhi : A lot of discussions have been going on over the Michael Nesser’s controversial catch for Brisbane Heat of Sydney Sixer's Jordan Silk on Sunday at Gabba in Brisbane. People have been saying that the catch was given wrongly out as a it was executed outside the boundary line. But now ICC has issued a statement clearing all the rumours and saying that the batsman was given rightly out.

ICC has shared an explainer in which it mentioned the relevant laws, saying, "Law 19.5.2 states: A fielder who is not in contact with the ground is considered to be grounded beyond the boundary if his/her final contact with the ground, before his/her first contact with the ball after it has been delivered by the bowler, was not entirely within the boundary."

"It is important to note that as long as the fielder's first touch of the ball is inside the boundary line, they are allowed to finish the catch however they like, provided their feet are not grounded with the ball over the boundary. Neser’s initial contact with the ball, the timing of his jump and the eventual catch were all within the laws of the game, the batter was correctly declared out," ICC added.

Watch the magical catch below:

Maybe because of the catch, Brisbane Heat has definitely won the game in a nail biting contest by 15 runs. Mathew Kuhnemann was the pick of the bowlers for the Heat with his 2-31(4) as they defended 225 runs.

Sixers needed 26 runs from 10 balls when the dismissal of silk came, and they eventually lost the game by 15 runs.