Cricket law has come into question again following Australia's loss to England in their opening T20 match at Optus Stadium.

Chasing 39 runs with 22 balls remaining, Australia's Matthew Wade top-edged a short-pitched Mark Wood delivery and appeared in danger of being dismissed. Wade then lost sight of the ball before halting Wood's run with his left arm and potentially saving his own wicket.

He was on 0 runs from three balls at the time.

"They asked if I wanted to appeal and I said 'no'. I've only just got to Australia so I thought just carry on with the game," Buttler said during his post-match press conference.

With the match well and truly up for grabs, this could have quickly become a costly moment for England and captain Jos Buttler, who chose not to appeal the incident for fear of setting off the home crowd ahead of the upcoming world cup.

Luckily for England, the Aussies could not take advantage of their good fortune, eventually falling eight runs short of the required total courtesy of a brilliant final over by fast bowler Sam Curran.

This was not before a valuable 21-run innings from culprit Matthew Wade however, who was dismissed with only three balls remaining.

The incident occurred just weeks after a controversial mankad wicket which ensured an India victory over England in a women's one-day international match at Lord's, causing speculation about player ethics in Cricket.

Wade's obstruction has since remained in the spotlight with many viewers sharing their thoughts on twitter.

Australia and England now move the series to Canberra for the second and third ODIs on Wednesday and Friday ahead of the World Cup kicking off.