March 26, 2019, 01:06 AM
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Twitter is divided. Indians taking side of Ashwin. Non-Indians taking side of Butler.
https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-new...what-im-seeing
Another discussion:
https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-new...ankading-right
Quote:
Sudarshanan S: Perhaps mankading is good if it prevents the batter from having an undue advantage due to her/him taking a start much before the bowler completes his stride.
But the main question is: was Jos Buttler taking undue advantage by backing up too far? Was he trying to go for a run before the bowler completed his run-up? More importantly, was the 'Spirit of the Game' upheld by that mode of dismissal? No for all, in my opinion. And importantly, perhaps Ashwin wouldn't have done that had it been someone other than a Buttler on 69.
I am not for this kind of thing. Ashwin was wrong because I felt Buttler wasn't really out of the crease when the former was loading up to bowl. It's after he paused, that, due to the momentum, Buttler went ahead. So although technically this thing falls under rule 41.16 of the Law, a closer look would tell us otherwise.
Does the batter wandering out of the crease after the time by which the bowler ought to have released the ball amount to backing up for a run? Not sure it does.
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