Steve Smith Confronts Umpire Nigel Llong After Being Denied a Couple of Byes During AUS vs NZ, 2nd Test 2019, Shane Warne Says, ‘Send Law Book to Umpires’ (Watch Video)

Umpire Nigel Llong who has grabbed headlines of the newspapers for a plethora of errors throughout his career has done it again. This time it was Steve Smith who was at the receiving end as he was irked by the wrong decisions made by the umpire. The decision further miffed Shane Warne who said that a law book needs to be sent to the Llong. So this happened in the 26^th over when Australia was batting as Steve Smith was batting and the ball went on to hit him the body while Neil Wagner pressed a couple of short-pitch deliveries. Australia Vs New Zealand, Live Cricket Score 2nd Test Match. 

This happened on a couple of occasions and Llong denied him a leg-bye. This surely did not go down well with Smith and he got into an argument with the umpires about the dead-ball rule. Smith was clearly irritated and argued a bit. Steve Smith who was donning the role of a commentator also slammed the umpire for the decisions. First, have a look at the video of the incident below:

That’s evasive action, that’s the wrong call," Shane Warne said on Fox Cricket. "Might have to send a law book to the umpires during the break I think. The umpire’s wrong. Steve Smith has every right to be angry because the interpretation Nigel Llong is giving at the minute is incorrect,” he further said. As of now, Australia has lost four wickets with Steve Smith batting on 64 runs and Travis Head is on 0.

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