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It was an incident identical to that at Kensington Oval in 1999 that prompted bottle-throwing by the angry crowd and halted play in the One-Day International between the West Indies and Australia. But it had a different outcome.

As Sherwin Campbell was run out after he was impeded and knocked to the ground by fast bowler Brendon Julian then, West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels was similarly blocked by bowler Mohammed Raffique who ran to get the ball as Samuels attempted to take a single on Ramnaresh Sarwan's stroke to mid-wicket.

Samuel's kept his feet but stopped mid-pitch as he realised he had no chance to making his ground. Fielder Naimur Rehman returned the ball to Bangladesh wicket-keeper and captain Khaled Mashud who broke the stumps and appealed for the dismissal.

It promoted a lengthy consulation in the middle between the Bangladesh players and ICC umpire David Shepherd of England. After a few minutes, Shepherd called "dead ball" and Samuels, 27 at the time, was allowed to continue.

Shepherd said afterwards he did not see the incident as he was "following the ball". He said he initially asked Mashud if he would withdraw the appeal but the Bangladeshi captain declined.

"I called third umpire (Shawkatur Rehman) to have a look at the television replay and report whether there had been any barging on the part of the bowler," Shepherd said. "He reported that he thought there was and I called `dead ball' It really was in the spirit of compromise."

Neither the Bangladesh team nor the crowd of 20 000 made a protest and Samuels and the game continued.

In the 1999 incident, umpire Eddie Nicholls ruled Campbell out. But he was resinstated when Australian captain Steve Waugh withdrew the appeal for run out following the crowd disturbance.

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