India, June 12 -- What is an ICC final without a solid share of controversy? One such moment came about in the last over before lunch on day two of the World Test Championship final, as David Bedingham found himself at the end of an appeal for one of the rarer forms of dismissal - obstructing the field.

A strange situation found Bedingham inside edge a delivery from Beau Webster into his thigh, before the ball trickled down and ended up in his pad flap. With Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey standing up to the stumps and quickly figuring out where the ball is, Bedingham grabbed that ball and dropped it to the ground.

The Australian fielders went up in a half-appeal, prompting the umpires on-field to have a quick convention to decide wha...