England captain Jos Buttler declined to appeal against Australia's Matthew Wade for obstructing the field in the series-opening T20 match in Perth on Sunday but said he might be less forgiving in the upcoming World Cup.
The match was delicately poised with Australia needing 39 off 23 balls to win when Wade top-edged a short ball from Mark Wood into his helmet.
The ball careened into the air and Wood ran down to Wade's end to attempt a catch but the Australian wicketkeeper-batsman stuck an arm out to impede him.Buttler said he was asked by the on-field umpires whether he intended to appeal but decided to let the moment pass. England went on to win by eight runs.
"They asked if I wanted to appeal and I said 'no'. I've only just got to Australia so I thought just carry on with the game," Buttler told reporters. "It was hard because I didn't know what I was appealing for ... I could have asked some of the other boys to see if they had a better view but thought I would get on with the game."Wade was criticised heavily on social media for blocking Wood, and his former test team mate Usman Khawaja said on Twitter: "Can't believe didn't appeal.""There's a lot that goes on there when you get hit in the head and you're running around," he told reporters.
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