Cricket: England players unhappy after Kane Williamson given not out for a run out

England bowler Chris Woakes appears to deflect the ball onto the stumps of Kane Williamson at the non strikers end but is given not out. Photo / Getty Images

England find themselves behind after a historic capitulation in the first day of the pink ball Test at Eden Park, but they might be in a better position if a decision had gone their way.

Kane Williamson was on 64 – more than England's entire first innings total of
58 – when he became subject to a controversial run out decision.

Ross Taylor drove a ball straight back towards Williamson's non strikers end, hitting the stumps with the New Zealand captain well out of his crease.

Chris Woakes appealed for a run out, claiming he got a finger on the ball before it hit the stumps, but the run out wasn't given.

In the end, the decision was left to the television match official who ruled that Williamson was not out.

While England players were unhappy at the time, coach Trevor Bayliss wasn't getting too worked up about it.

"Everyone knows Woaksey, he's not a bloke who would cheat a bloke out," Bayliss said after the game.

"I would have liked to see us appeal a bit harder. But look, that's the game. Decisions are right and wrong in the history of the game, we've just got to get on with it."

New Zealand lead by 117 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the innings.

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