{"id":437201,"date":"2026-01-25T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437201\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T20:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:48:09","slug":"cooper-connolly-denied-catch-in-perth-scorchers-vs-sydney-sixers-decider-given-not-out-ashton-turner-catch-overruled-joel-davies-reactions-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437201\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Connolly denied catch in Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers Decider, given not out, Ashton Turner catch overruled, Joel Davies, reactions, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Perth Scorchers have once again found themselves on the wrong end of a catching controversy in BBL|15, this time in the season finale with a sixth Big Bash title on the line. <\/a><\/p>\n

After ruthlessly putting the Sydney Sixers to the sword at 6\/114 with just under four overs remaining in the first innings, a packed-out Optus Stadium crowd was treated to a superb outfield catch from young gun Cooper Connolly that looked set to leave the visitors in dire straits.<\/p>\n

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The 22-year-old dived at length to his right on the boundary to \u2018dismiss\u2019 Joel Davies for 13, with what looked like a clean catch to the naked eye at cow corner.<\/p>\n

Davies initially thought the same, as he trudged off with no evident doubts over the catch. As the New South Wales product crossed over the boundary rope though, umpires held up play for over three minutes to confirm Connolly\u2019s right hand \u2014 which was holding the ball \u2014 didn\u2019t make contact with the ground in any way without his fingers underneath.<\/p>\n

As the review continued to eek out, the Optus Stadium crowd began to voice their displeasure at a decision which looked more and more likely to be overturned.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019ll be not out unfortunately. I reckon his right hand hit the grass\u2026 they should (check it)\u2026 the rule is you\u2019ve got to complete the catch,\u201d Australian great Mark Waugh said on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a complete catch\u2026 that\u2019s not out. I can\u2019t believe that. It\u2019s definitely not out. I reckon he\u2019ll come back on here. I can\u2019t see how you can give that out. I can\u2019t believe they let him off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack Edwards flies to take a stunner! | 00:54<\/p>\n

As feared by the Perth faithful, the third umpire reversed the decision and prevented English import David Payne of a fourth wicket.<\/p>\n

Luckily for the Scorchers though, Davies departed just five balls later, chopping onto his stumps off the bowling of Jhye Richardson for 19.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the letter of the law it is not out. The ball did touch the ground before he controlled the catch but I don\u2019t like the law,\u201d Australian batting great Michael Hussey told Fox Cricket at the innings break.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the law needs to be changed. In my view he is controlling the ball. He\u2019s controlled the catch. He\u2019s controlled the ball. It should be out. But the way the law is written at the moment, the correct decision was made.\u201d<\/p>\n

While on a far greater stage on Sunday night, the decision was eerily similar to one made against Ashton Turner<\/a> in the home-and-away season against the Melbourne Renegades.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that everyone who is a cricket person or watched cricket or played cricket in a backyard knows that\u2019s a catch right? That\u2019s out,\u201d Turner said after his catch was overruled on January 8. <\/p>\n

Marsh takes classic diving catch | 00:39<\/p>\n

\u201cThe officials have made the right decision \u2014 we don\u2019t dispute that. But it\u2019s frustrating isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of those parts of the game. The rules and regulations are written by people sitting in offices, not people out throwing themselves out in the outfield. <\/p>\n

\u201cI get it can be hard to have every scenario captured within the playing conditions. It\u2019s frustrating because we were on the wrong end of it tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sydney Sixers were bowled out for 132 in the first innings of the BBL|15 Decider at Optus Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Perth Scorchers have once again found themselves on the wrong end of a catching controversy in BBL|15,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[189816,1724,64,63,689,167451,227971,227967,227972,227968,26808,227969,212022,189843,154286,168855,12548,27723,1209,226138,60153,164239,227970,124540,29544,122620,14477,673,677,60180,138291,35454,12540,85,158194,9020],"class_list":["post-437201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ashton-turner","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-boundary-rope","tag-catching-controversy","tag-classic-catch","tag-classic-diving-catchcricket","tag-clean-catch","tag-cooper-connolly","tag-cow-corner","tag-cricket-person","tag-david-payne","tag-english-import","tag-final-ball","tag-fox-cricket","tag-home-and-away-season","tag-india","tag-innings-break","tag-jhye-richardson","tag-joel-davies","tag-law-needs","tag-mark-waugh","tag-melbourne-renegades","tag-michael-hussey","tag-mitchell-marsh","tag-new-south-wales","tag-oceania","tag-perth-scorchers","tag-right-hand","tag-season-finale","tag-southern-asia","tag-sports","tag-sydney-sixers","tag-young-gun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}