The incident took place when off-spinner Nathan Hauritz appealed for the wicket of Brendon McCullum, who padded up without playing a stroke on 52, at the Basin Reserve on Monday.
Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf gave the batsman not out and Ponting called for a video referral under the UDRS.
However with winds blowing across the stadium at 130 kmph, as Wellington is one of the most windiest places, the Virtual-Eye cameras weren’t able to provide an accurate projection of the path of the ball towards the stumps.
Third umpire Aleem Dar of Pakistan upheld Rauf’s decision and skipper Ponting held up the game for several minutes as he argued with Rauf and fellow umpire Ian Gould of England.
Ponting, however, made sure that NZ also wouldn't be able to use the technology when it was their turn with the ball.
Match referee Javagal Srinath said all of the cameras were shaking. “It is a very unusual day, a very, very unusual day. I just went down and briefed the teams so that they should not be taken aback if the pictures are not coming and how are they making this decision,” Srinath was quoted as saying in the Sydney Morning Herald.
“If we can’t decide, the challenge is null and void and they get it back.”
Published 22 March 2010, 16:49 IST