“My debate on it would be: Jason Holder, first he caught the ball, no problems with that. And then with the sliding of the hand initially, that deserved a second look,” Bishop said. “And then you talk about control of the ball but also control of the body. So when you’re looking to get yourself up having slid along the ground, are they determining that his fingers was under the ball?

“Because the back of the hand was to the sky, which means the ball was facing the grass. And so there was to me doubt there about ball and ground, because you’re not in control of your body until you stop sliding and you stand up if you’re going to do that.

So out or not out? “I think there was sufficient evidence in my mind for that to be [not out],” Bishop said.

“I know there’s a lot of ambiguity in the law itself. But if the ball touches the ground, to me it’s not out. And what I saw, which I’m sure the TV umpire did see and a lot of our viewers also saw, [was that] the ball touched the ground”

Abhinav Mukund

The MCC’s laws of cricket say that a catch is considered fair if the fielder has “complete control over the ball and their own movement before it [the ball] touches the ground”.

That would make the catch valid, but Abhinav wasn’t happy with it.

“To me that’s not out because the ball should not touch the ground,” he said. “If the ball touches the ground, then it clearly is not out. And there are multiple ways to get up. You’re an extremely fit international athlete. You don’t need your hands or a ball to get up. So that’s where I stand in the whole matter.

“I know there’s a lot of ambiguity in the law itself. But if the ball touches the ground, to me it’s not out. And what I saw, which I’m sure the TV umpire did see and a lot of our viewers also saw, [was that] the ball touched the ground.”