OTD: Umpire's controversial decision helped England to win over Pakistan at Leeds

A match overshadowed by a controversial decision by the umpire. Pakistan was furious about a decision to declare then the England captain Graham Gooch.

It was an England vs Pakistan Test match at Leeds in 1992. England was looking not so elegant while chasing a target of 99. The visiting side bowlers were tapping every possible way to defend the small target when the controversial decision came, which probably left a huge impact on the match.

Pakistan was furious when Graham Gooch was given not out, despite being a long way short of his crease on a run-out appeal at Headingley. Gooch then went on to score 37 in the second innings and got the much-needed win for his team. Apart from the umpire's controversial call, the match was full of some individual brilliance.

Reverse swing dismantled England batting line-up

Debutant Neil Mallender bagged a total of 8 wickets in the match, including a 5-wicket haul. From Pakistan, a spell from Waqar Younis caused a collapsing England batting unit. At a point in the first innings, England was 292-3; from there, they lost the rest of their men at 320. The last six batters managed only two runs between them.

Younis, with his reverse swing, ran over the English lower batting order. Multiple shouts from them were turned down by the umpire, which also left them naturally unhappy. Saleem Malik, in both innings, was brilliant in the middle order, scoring unbeaten 82-run and unbeaten 84-run knocks.