Cricket is very considered a ‘Gentleman’s Sport’, and cricketers play the sport with utmost professionalism. Nonetheless, generally followers get to witness hilarious incidents going down on-field, which by no means fails to tickle the humorous bones of everybody.
One such incident occurred in an encounter between the Punjab Lions Nicosia and the PAK I Care Badalona sides within the ongoing European Cricket League (ECL). The rib-tickling episode passed off the place the non-striker ran greater than midway down the pitch earlier than even the ball was delivered.
All of it occurred in the course of the tenth over of Punjab Lions’ innings when the bowler was about to ship the ball earlier than the non-striker ran in full pace in the direction of the striker’s finish. The bowler stopped his run-up and pulled out of the supply. Though he didn’t whip the bails, however he did converse to the umpire concerning the incident.
Right here is the video:
Unbelievable backing-up from this lad 😂🏃♂️@EuropeanCricket pic.twitter.com/4mbICTxbc5
— That’s so Village (@ThatsSoVillage) March 13, 2022
Notably, working the non-striker out has all the time been debated extremely among the many cricket fraternity. Often known as Mankading, in such a state of affairs, a bowler has all of the rights to whip the bails if the batter tries to achieve just a few further yards by popping out of his crease even earlier than the bowler delivers the ball.
The act of doing ‘Mankad’ was thought of in opposition to the ‘spirit of cricket’, nevertheless, the Marylebone Cricket Membership (MCC) has lately amended the principles. Now, if a bowler dismisses the non-striker on this trend, it should not be thought of as an unfair play however can be known as a runout.
“Legislation 41.16-running out the non-striker- has been moved from Legislation 41 (Unfair Play) to Legislation 38 (Runout). The wording of the Legislation stays the identical,” learn the assertion launched by the MCC.
