“The PCT spoke to the England team management and acknowledges that the game ended incorrectly and that an error was made”

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has admitted that the umpires made an error during the James Anderson run out incident.

The incident, which took place during England’s World Cup match against Australia, led to Anderson being given out and James Taylor falling two runs short of his maiden ODI century.

The entire dilemma arose when Taylor was given out lbw and decided to review the decision. After the umpire’s decision was overturned, the third umpire looked to see if Anderson had been run out when Glenn Maxwell threw the ball at the stumps and scored a direct hit. Replays showed that Anderson was short of his crease and he was given out.

“Following Australia’s 111-run win over England in the Group A ICC Cricket World Cup clash at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday night, the Playing Control Team (PCT) met and reviewed the final ball of the game which resulted in James Anderson being given run out,” an ICC statement said. “Article 3.6a of Appendix 6 of the Decision Review System Playing Conditions states that the ball should have been deemed dead when the batsman (James Taylor) was given out LBW. No further runs or dismissals were possible.

“The PCT spoke to the England team management and acknowledges that the game ended incorrectly and that an error was made.”

Australia opener Aaron Finch admitted that everyone was completely confused.

“We had no idea what was going on,” he said. “We appealed for an lbw, we appealed for a run out. We would have taken anything at the time.

“I honestly still don’t know the rule. Maybe it was a dead ball, but I still haven’t seen a rule.”