Rusty Theron has accused Pakistani Bowler Haris Rauf of tampering with the condition of the ball after the Pakistan-USA T20 World Cup clash came to an end.
Theron though not a part of the USA team said that the ball was reversing because Haris Rauf was dragging his nails on the ball after every two overs.
Theron who has also played for South Africa previously also criticized ICC heavily for ignoring the incident.
@ICC are we just going to pretend Pakistan aren't scratching the hell out of this freshly changed ball? Reversing the ball that's just been changed 2 overs ago? You can literally see Harris Rauf running his thumb nail over the ball at the top of his mark. @usacricket #PakvsUSA
— Rusty Theron (@RustyTheron) June 6, 2024
"Are we just going to pretend Pakistanis aren't scratching the hell out of this freshly changed ball? Reversing the ball that's just been changed 2 overs ago? You can see Harris Rauf running his thumbnail over the ball at the top of his mark" Theron said
Pakistan lost the toss and was asked to bat first on a lively Dallas pitch, the Pakistani batters danced to the tunes of Saurabh Netravalkar, who removed Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman in a span of two overs.
Babar Azam and Shadab Khan steadied the ship, to help Pakistan reach 159/7.
Coming into the chase USA started a well-scoring powerplay 44/1, USA was in the game for most parts until a tight over from Mohammad Amir forced the game to go into super over.
USA scored 18 in the super over whereas Pakistan could only muster 11, helping USA claim 6 run win.
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