US cricketer accuses Haris Rauf of ball tampering

DALLAS: United States Of America (USA) bowler Rusty Theron has accused Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf of tampering with the ball during the T20 World Cup Group A clash at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Thursday, June 6.

The USA pulled off one of the best upsets in the history T20 World Cup by defeating Pakistan in the Super Over. After levelling the Men in Green’s score of 159 in a stipulated 20 overs in the second innings, the co-hosts took the match to a Super Over and emerged victorious by restricting Pakistan to 13/1 while defending 18 runs, thanks to Saurabh Saurabh Netravalkar’s bowling brilliance.

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After the match, the USA bowler Rusty Theron accused Haris Rauf for tampering with the ball. Taking to his X handle (formerly Twitter), Theron claimed that Rauf was trying to dabble with the ball by using his finger nail, while slamming the ICC for turning a blind eye.

“@ICC are we just going to pretend Pakistan aren’t scratching the hell out of this freshly changed ball? Reversing the ball that’s just been changed 2 overs ago? You can literally see Harris Rauf running his thumb nail over the ball at the top of his mark. @usacricket #PakvsUSA.” former South African pacer tweeted.

Haris Rauf had the worst economy rate among the Pakistan bowlers as he conceded 37 runs while taking a wicket with an economy rate of 9.20 in four overs. Apart from Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Shadab Khan and Naseem Khan conceded over 20 runs in their spells