Jimmy Neesham posts a hilarious tweet after ICC changes boundary count rule

Jimmy Neesham was standing at the non-striker’s end when the World Cup slipped away from New Zealand like sand from someone’s clutches. Neesham was about to become immortal in New Zealand’s cricket history before a cruel rule changed everything. Chasing 242 for victory, Ben Stokes‘ heroic 84* helped the hosts tie the see-saw contest, forcing the super over.

And the final twelve balls of the epic contest saw even more drama unfold. Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler collected 15 runs from the over bowled by Trent Boult. New Zealand then sent Martin Guptill and Jimmy Neesham to chase down those runs. Both teams were looking to win their first-ever World Cup and there was no let-off in intensity at any stage. Neesham seemed to have sealed the game for his team after taking a double of the first ball and then hitting a six.

However, New Zealand could only score one of the two runs needed from the final ball and lost the World Cup due to boundary-count rule. England walked away with the coveted title for hitting more number of boundaries than the Black Caps. Unsurprisingly, the boundary-count rule invited criticism from all around, forcing the ICC to reconsider it.

All those criticism did make a difference as the governing body abolished the rule on Monday after its board meeting. The super over in the semi-finals and finals will now be repeated until one team has scored more runs. The group games will have a super over too. If the super over is tied in the group stage then the match will be a draw.

Jimmy Neesham takes a hilarious dig

As soon as ICC announced their decision, Jimmy Neesham did his usual bit of taking to Twitter to post another hilarious message. Responding to the new rule, the New Zealand all-rounder hilariously wrote that the next priority should be to find better binoculars for the ice-spotters on the titanic, tweeting, “Next on the agenda: Better binoculars for the Ice spotters on the Titanic.”

Next on the agenda: Better binoculars for the Ice spotters on the Titanic https://t.co/nwUp4Ks3Mp

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) October 14, 2019

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