Errant cameras and an unsighted umpire

Things had gone pear-shaped for Lahore Lions from the start. They had lost one of their key players, Ahmed Shehzad, to sickness, lost the crucial toss, lost Nasir Jamshed to the third ball of the afternoon, lost their other opener in the same over after a 43-minute rain break and showed no sign of recovery thereafter. At 11 for 4, things were looking rather bleak for Lions. That's when Umar Akmal arrived and broke the shackles with successive boundaries off Yasir Arafat and finally got the innings in motion.

In the context of how low-scoring this match was, and the net run rate calculations that would determine whether or not they reached the semifinals, Lions would have welcomed the two extra runs. Saad Nasim flicked an Arafat delivery behind square on the leg side and it looked as if the fielder running in from deep square leg was set to cut it off. Just as he might have been looking to put in the dive, though, the fielder noticed the crane-mounted camera - it was a safe distance away - in his peripheral vision and stopped, covering his head, and let the ball slip through to the boundary.

Lahore Lions needed early wickets. They did not have the cushion of runs. The result: Test-match fields from the outset. As Mohammad Hafeez came in to bowl, he had a slip, a short leg and a silly point in place. And they were immediately into action. Hafeez got one to dart in from round the wicket and as Craig Simmons pushed outside the line, the thick inside edge was gobbled up by Umar Siddiq at short leg

Sam Whiteman had walked to the crease at the fall of Simmons' wicket and with close-in fields, he knew what to expect. Still, he made exactly the same mistake as Simmons had the previous ball, playing outside the line of an angled delivery from Hafeez. Simmons had been unlucky to be given out bat-pad though - the ball had not touched the bat at all. However, for Whiteman, there was a clear inside edge and Siddiq grabbed another smart catch at short leg. Lions had two wickets in two balls. Except umpire Rod Tucker completely missed it this time.