Wade admits fault in Wood run-in
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13 Mar 25
Matthew Wade admits he was wrong in his controversial altercation with Mark Wood last week and claims he would have walked away with no complaint if he had been given out.
England captain Jos Buttler did not file an appeal after Wade made contact with Wood during a T20I in Perth, preventing the bowler from taking a catch or completing a run-out in an incident that the Australian wicketkeeper said "looked bad" after reviewing replays.
Mitch Marsh jokingly referred to him as "old Dusty Martin," referring to the iconic Australian rules footballer known for his one-armed fend-offs. Wade, who grew up in Hobart, had been a promising youth footballer.
The 34-year-old explained he had been left dazed by the blow (he had top-edged the Wood bouncer into his helmet before his arm made contact with him) but insisted he had not consciously intended to stop the dismissal.
"That looked horrible when I saw it after the game," Wade told cricket.com.au's The Unplayable Podcast ahead of Australia’s T20 World Cup title defence. "It was one of those things that just happened so fast.
"I think Kane Richardson said to me when I got off the ground, 'You pushed him, basically'. I was like, 'No, I didn't'. And then I saw the replay and I was like, 'Well, yeah, I did'.
"(Wood bowling at) 150 (kph), decent crowd – at first I didn't know if I hit it. It hit me in the head hard, it rung my bell a little bit, (I) went to run down the wicket, Davey (Warner) sent me back, I turned and saw point running in.
"Then I wasn't sure if I was going to get run out or where the actual ball was. It all just happened literally like that. And then next minute, I was on the ground, looked up and the ball was like coming down. So yeah, it didn't look great."
Both Buttler, who had converged on the ball from his wicketkeeping position, and Wood appeared aggrieved in the moment but neither appealed, with Buttler saying later he had been unsighted and did not want to create a controversy.
