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<\/p>\nThe controversy known as ‘Mankading’ has raised its head in First Class cricket once again.<\/p>\n
The name ‘Mankad’ originates from Vinoo Mankad, the Indian left arm bowler\/opening batsman.<\/p>\n
In the 1947\/48 Australian tour of India, Vinoo Mankad ran out the non-striking batshman Bill Brown, by breaking the wicket at the non-striker’s end during his run-up, while Bill Brown was out of his ground.<\/p>\n
Although seen as ‘unsporting’, Vinoo’s tactic was perfectly within the Rules of Cricket, at that time.<\/p>\n
Vinoo Mankad had some form on this tactic.<\/p>\n
He had previously dismissed the obviously hard of learning Bill Brown, in another match, against an Australian XI earlier in the tour.<\/p>\n
The latest ‘Mankad’ controversy has arisen in an Under 19 Cricket World Cup match, between West Indies and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
Keemo Paul was bowling for the WI, while at the non-striker’s end was Zimbabwe’s Richard Ngarava.<\/p>\n
On his run up, Keemo Paul saw that Richard Ngarava was out of his ground, so he broke the non-striker’s wicket and appealed for a dismissal.<\/p>\n
Here’s a frame capture of the incident:<\/p>\n
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Before we look at the rules of cricket, we need to understand that there are more than one set of rules to the sport.<\/p>\n
The underpinning set of rules are the MCC Laws of Cricket and it is this set of rules that I’ll concentrate on first of all.<\/p>\n
The Laws of Cricket apply worldwide*, and were first codified over 250 years ago.<\/p>\n
The MCC Laws of Cricket are updated annually; the updates are published in an official publication.<\/p>\n
In the 2016 edition (I have my copy close at hand) Law 42 (Fair and Unfair Play) refers, in general, to the practice known as ‘Mankading’.<\/p>\n
In particular Law 42.15 says:
\nThe bowler is permitted, before entering his delivery stride, to attempt to run out the non-striker.<\/p>\n
I’ll skip the rest of Law 42.15, because we already have the crucial wording:<\/p>\n
‘The bowler is permitted, before entering his delivery stride, to attempt to run out the non-striker’.<\/p>\n
So the question is, had Keemo Paul legally attempted to dismiss Richard Ngarava?<\/p>\n
As the still shot plainly shows, Paul was well in to his run-up, but he clearly had not entered his delivery stride.<\/p>\n
So it was a legal attempt at dismissal, as defined in the MCCs Laws of Cricket.<\/p>\n
Was Richard Ngarava right to have been judged out?<\/p>\n
That’s a tough call.<\/p>\n
I believe that at the moment that Keemo Paul broke the non-striking batsman’s wickets, Richard Ngarava’s bat was actually on the line of the popping crease.<\/p>\n
Which, in my view, should have led to a ‘not out’ decision.<\/p>\n
But cricket, like all sports, is a lot easier from the comfort of one’s own front room.<\/p>\n
*except where local and\/or tournament or competition regulations apply, where such regulations may introduce variations to the MCC Laws of Cricket<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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