FORCE OF NATURE OR JUST THE GODS SMILING?

Fortune: Steve Harmison

MANY have likened the news from retired Australian umpire Simon Taufel that England were given one run too many in that unforgettable acid trip otherwise known as the 2019 World Cup final to the wicket that never was which gave England victory in the second Ashes Test at Edgbaston in 2005.
One way or another, it is hard to escape the feeling that the same higher power was at work again, namely the one who first tricked Glenn McGrath into treading on the ball that sprained his ankle and later blinded umpire Billy Bowden to the fact that Steve Harmis...

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