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Ben Stokes: Never asked umpires to remove four runs after overthrow in World Cup 2019 final
England's James Anderson had claimed that Stokes had asked the umpires to cancel the four runs that came off overthrows.
England's World Cup hero Ben Stokes has admitted that he never asked the umpires to cancel the four runs that had come off the overthrow in the last over of the tense World Cup 2019 final against New Zealand that England won on boundary count.
The biggest turning point of the game was the overthrow on the fourth ball of the last over bowled by Trent Boult. Before the delivery, England needed 9 to win in 3.
In the next ball, in a bid to complete the second run, Stokes dived and stretched out his bat so he would not get run-out. A throw from deep-mid wicket accidentally deflected off his outstretched bat and went for four. A total of six runs were awarded - two for the runs taken and four for the overthrows - as the equation came down to three in two balls.
"I saw all of that. I was thinking to myself, did I say that? But hand on heart, I did not go up to the umpires and say something like that to the umpires," Stokes said in the latest episode of BBC podcast 'Tuffers and Vaughan'.
However, he admitted that he immediately apologized to Kane Williamson and New Zealand wicket-keeper Tom Latham.
"I went straight to Tom Latham and said 'Mate, I am so sorry', looked over to Kane (Williamson) and said 'I'm sorry'," he said.
His Test teammate James Anderson had earlier claimed that Stokes had asked the umpires for the four runs to be cancelled.
