The
controversy regarding run out at the non-striker's end for leaving the crease before the bowler's release was again witnessed in
the third T20I between Australia and England on Friday (October 14). Australian
pacer Mitchell Starc warned English skipper Jos Buttler to be behind the popping
crease, while he delivers the ball. The incident happened in the fifth over of England’s
innings, with the left-arm pacer bowling to Dawid Malan.
Although
Starc successfully delivered the ball, which ended as a dot, he immediately urged Buttler to shy away from leaving the crease in the future. With
the viral video doing rounds, Starc had a brief chat with Buttler, and reckoned,
he isn’t going to dismiss him through a "mankad", but should refrain from marching
towards the opposite end before the ball leaves the hand of the bowler. The
keeper-batter then replied he was not well behind the line.
Watch the
video :
Earlier, Buttler
has been dismissed twice in his career through a Mankad dismissal. The first
occasion was Sri Lanka’s spinner Sachithra Senanayake sending him back to the
hut in the 2014 ODI, while the latest one was against Ravichandran Ashwin in
IPL 2019.
The
dismissal has gained traction after India Women's team sealed a clean sweep in the ODI
series against England last month after Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean at Lord's in the third ODI. In
response, Buttler said, he would never do it in a game and termed it as a battle
between bat and ball.
After the third
T20I was washed out due to rain, Australian captain Aaron Finch opined that it
is fair, after the batters have been given a warning for leaving the bowling
end early. However, the 35-year-old admitted that he is not much of a fan of this mode of dismissal.
