A strange incident was witnessed on the cricket field when the entire match was canceled because a captain did not reach the toss on time. AThiswas seen in the West Indies where the captain of the Jamaica Scorpions team, who reached the final of their domestic ODI tournament, John Campbell did not reach the toss on time, and due to this the referee decided to cancel the match. Cricket West Indies considered this act of John Campbell as indiscipline and banned him for four matches. After realizing his mistake, Campbell also apologized later.
My action was to protest against the match official.s
John Campbell later apologized to everyone for not reaching on time for the toss and said that I apologize to all of you on my behalf for any kind of interruption in the final match. I accept that my action can be seen as a protest against the decision of the match officials. However, it was not my intention at all that my move should be seen as undermining their rights or defaming this game. I fully understand the importance of respecting this game and the decisions of the officials and will continue to do so. Let us tell you that due to rain in this match, the umpires had decided to make it 20-20 overs, due to which the captains of both the teams were not happy and both did not come, after which Campbell admitted his mistake. Because of this, there is no winner or runner-up for 2024-25.
Campbell has played 28 matches so f.ar
John Campbell has played 28 international matches for West Indies so far. This includes 20 Tests, 6 ODIs and 2 T20s. Campbell has scored 888 runs for West Indies in Test cricket at an average of 26.11, which includes three half-century innings from his bat. In ODIs, he has scored 248 runs at an average of 49.60, which also includes a century.