The Australia-West Indies thriller at Trent Bridge was marred by a number of umpiring controversies.
The match ended in an Australian win, albeit by 15 runs. The Windies had their chances, restricting the opposition to 5/79, but Steve Smith (73), Alex Carey (45) and Nathan Coulter-Nile (92) pushed the score to 288.
In response, the Windies stuttered to 9/273 after their 50 overs, letting slip a golden chance to join New Zealand as the only 2-0 teams in the tournament.
The initial chatter pre-match was about how the Australians would cope with the Windies' short-pitched bowling that skittled Pakistan last week. However, poor shot selection let the Australian top order down, but Smith, Carey and Coulter-Nile ensured Aaron Finch's side had a decent total to defend.
MORE: Australia recover from epic collapse to edge Windies in thriller
In a Windies batting line-up featuring the likes of Chris Gayle, the Australians needed things to go their way. They looked to have had the rub of the green with on-field umpires Chris Gaffaney and Ruchira Palliyaguruge having a shocker.
In the run-chase, Gayle was given out three times off the bowling of Mitchell Starc, who later took 5/46. The first was an overturned caught-behind appeal, the second an LBW appeal that pitched outside the leg stump. However, the third - while correctly given out following Gayle's third review - was later revealed to be what should have been a free hit, considering the previous ball featured a massive Starc overstep.
Windies skipper Jason Holder was also adjudged out twice, but the Decision Review System (DRS) saved his blushes.
Starc to Gayle, 2.5: Caught-behind appeal goes Australia's way. Gayle reviews despite definite noise when ball passes the stumps. Incredibly, the ball shaved the off-stump. Gayle survives. Gaffaney's first decision overturned.
Starc to Gayle, 2.6: LBW appeal goes Australia's way. Gayle copped a yorker and reviews. Ball-tracking shows the impact was outside leg stump and continuing to go down. Gayle survives again. Gaffaney's second decision overturned.
Starc to Gayle, 4.5: LBW appeal goes Australia's way. Gayle late on a full delivery and reviews after waiting 12 seconds. Ball-tracking confirms ball was clipping leg-stump on umpire's call. Gayle gone, review retained, but later replays reveal previous delivery was a massive no ball, which went undetected by Gaffaney.
Maxwell to Holder, 29.5: LBW appeal goes Australia's way. Holder reviews and ball-tracking shows ball is pitching just outside leg. Holder survives. Palliyaguruge's first decision overturned.
Zampa to Holder, 35.3: LBW appeal goes Australia's way. Impact outside leg stump. Holder survives. Palliyaguruge's second decision overturned.
After the Zampa-Holder drama, former Windies bowler and veteran commentator Michael Holding let fly.
"The umpiring in this game has been atrocious," Holding said.
"For one, even when I was playing, you were not as strict as they are now. You're allowed one appeal, you don't appeal two, three, four times to the umpire. That's the first thing.
"They are being intimidated, that means they are weak."
Speaking after the match, Holder rued his side's "irresponsible" batting after letting the Australian bowlers back into the match, but couldn't hide his frustration at the umpiring fiasco.
"I found ourselves unlucky to be on the other end of all of the decisons," the Windies skipper said.
"I guess mistakes from the umpires... I don't want to get into the officiating part... I don't even know what to say.
"It's a funny situation where all of them went against us and we had to review them.
"I saw the [Starc overstep] in the dressing room and I just laughed, I couldn't believe it.
"I guess things didn't go our way today."
