Ben Stokes’s celebration proved premature as replays revealed a no ball © PA Photos
Ben Stokes to Brad Haddin, Adelaide, 2013
It had already been a lengthy stint in the field for England and Australia were strongly placed on 367 for 5 when Stokes, making his debut, thought he had removed Haddin for 51…
Stokes to Haddin, 1 no ball, Stokes has struck – that’s his first Test wicket! Or is it? Oh dear, it’s a no-ball! It was a lovely length, drawing Haddin forward to edge behind and it was a clear edge – but Marais Erasmus asks to check the front-foot no-ball and it is a few centimetres over. Clearly a no-ball, and what a disappointment for Stokes.
What happened next? There was a heated exchange between Stokes and Haddin who would go on to make 118 in Australia’s 570 for 9 dec
Mark Wood thought he had his first Test wicket, but had overstepped © Getty Images
Mark Wood to Martin Guptill, Lord’s, 2015
Wood, a Durham team-mate of Stokes, was making his debut against New Zealand at Lord’s. England had made a useful 389, but New Zealand’s openers had started well when it appeared Wood had broken through by removing Guptill on 24…
Wood to Guptill, 1 no ball, straighter line, it bounces a little and takes the outside edge to first slip! Wood has his first Test wicket…oh no he doesn’t! Wood has surely overstepped, what a calamity. It’s so close but I don’t think he’s got anything behind the line here. Yep, no-ball called and Wood is robbed of a first wicket through his own fault, what a shame for him because it was a lovely delivery, angled in and straightening just enough to take the edge
What happened next? Guptill went on to make 70 in an opening stand of 148 with Tom Latham. Wood eventually claimed Brendon McCullum as his maiden scalp
Tom Curran thought he’d claimed his maiden Test wicket, until he was shown to have bowled a no-ball © Getty Images
Tom Curran to David Warner, Melbourne, 2017
England had kept Warner waiting in the 90s after he had skipped effortlessly towards three figures before, on 99, they thought the plan had worked
Curran to Warner, 1 no ball, gone! Warner has utterly muffed the moment! A good length delivery, spooned off a top-edge to mid-on … but it’s a no-ball! Oh, this is just spectacular. Warner was halfway off, Curran was celebrating his maiden Test wicket, but the TV replay revealed his heel had crossed the line. It’s a glorious Boxing Day farce!
What happened next? Warner reached his century next ball but would only add three more runs before edging behind against James Anderson.
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