Perry wants three more

Ellyse Perry smashed the winning run through mid-wicket to hand the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars a win over England in the final of the World T20 in Bangladesh, but should it have been winning runs?

This serious question (well, not really that serious) has been raised after Perry was not awarded awarded a boundary for her powerful pull-shot, despite England fielder Natalie Sciver booting the ball over the boundary in an apparent act of disgust.

Perry, who was on 30 when she hit the glorious stroke, has been credited with scoring 31 in the final by the International Cricket Council and all media outlets – including cricket.com.au.

This means that she was only given one run for her final-ball effort.

"D. Hazell to E. Perry. She picks up a single," is what is recorded on the official ICC website of the first ball of the 15th over.

Replays from the television broadcast of the match show Perry hitting the shot, but the next frame shows Taylor kicking the ball across the boundary as commentator Nasser Hussein – a former England men's captain – says "it goes for the boundary".

The jubilant Southern Stars are then shown invading the pitch, with their third consecutive WT20 title in the bag.

When asked whether she would support a campaign to get Perry the three runs, Stars skipper Meg Lanning said she 'absolutely' would.

"I'm all for that, especially after the England player kicked the ball into the rope. It'd be very funny if we could get that over the line," said Lanning.

Sarah Coyte, who won Player Of The Final after her brilliant effort with the ball, also weighed in on the extremely important issue.

"Yeah, absolutely (it should have been a four)! She kicked it over the boundary," exclaimed Coyte.

Perry herself was a little more understated, but still made it clear she wants her score in the final bumped up to an undefeated 34.

"That's a really good question," said Perry, when asked why the boundary didn't count.

"I will have to look up the rules. I actually don't know what constitutes when the game finishes; whether it's when you cross or tap in at the other end.

"But the fact she kicked it over the boundary when I hit, it would have been nice to have the four runs.

"In short, I'd love the four if it's possible to get it, but I don't know how possible that is. I'll take the win instead."

Senior Manager of Cricket Operations at Cricket Australia, Sean Cary, explained why only a single was added to Perry's score.

"If Ellyse wasn't such a quick runner and the ball had reached the boundary before she completed the single to win, she would have been afforded the boundary," he told cricket.com.au.

"That would be why she didn't get the four runs."

Rest assured, cricket.com.au will be following this up with the powers that be and will report back to you as soon as possible!

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