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Post by mrsdoyle on Jun 4, 2014 15:24:21 GMT
Ok, I think I am a bit out of step with most people on this message board over this instance. I have watched it closely and saw Buttler turn from watching the bowler and begin to wander down the pitch waiting for the delivery, I think he was expecting the bowler to continue his run up rather than stop and was 'pacing' him, hence why when the bails were removed he was a couple of feet out of his crease. He was clearly 'out', but it does seem a bit unsavoury. If this law is applied rigidly we could have some very short matches, although a fast bowler might do himself a mischief pulling up hard to remove the bails whenever he sees the non striker edging down the crease. To achieve a dismissal this way you only have to issue a warning or two then wait for the inevitable backing up.
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Post by fraudster on Jun 4, 2014 16:35:42 GMT
This sort of thing has happened loads, but it usually ends with the bowler pretending to take the bails off, laughing a bit, and the batsman laughing but probably getting the message. Both parties are stupid in my book 'The Big Book of Stupid Parties' but this should all be in the past, it's nothing. England are moaning a lot though, so it will probably rumble on. Ultimately, Buttler should have got the message.
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Post by flashblade on Jun 6, 2014 7:15:10 GMT
Good news - the ICC has responded quickly to the Mankading of Jos Buttler: www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/750571.htmlThe key opening paragraph: " A few days after Jos Buttler became the first batsman to be mankaded in international cricket since 1992, the ICC's cricket committee has recommended non-strikers need to be "deterred" from backing up. The committee also supported the view, expressed by certain international captains, that there was no need for the on-field umpire to check with the fielding captain if his team's appeal stood in case the non-striker was mankaded." I think this approach is entirely logical. It is not within the spirit of cricket for the non striker to start his run before the bowler has released the ball. Going forward, I hope that mankading will no longer be viewed as an affront to civilised behaviour. |
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Post by hhsussex on Jun 6, 2014 7:32:36 GMT
Good news - the ICC has responded quickly to the Mankading of Jos Buttler: www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/750571.htmlThe key opening paragraph: " A few days after Jos Buttler became the first batsman to be mankaded in international cricket since 1992, the ICC's cricket committee has recommended non-strikers need to be "deterred" from backing up. The committee also supported the view, expressed by certain international captains, that there was no need for the on-field umpire to check with the fielding captain if his team's appeal stood in case the non-striker was mankaded." I think this approach is entirely logical. It is not within the spirit of cricket for the non striker to start his run before the bowler has released the ball. Going forward, I hope that mankading will no longer be viewed as an affront to civilised behaviour. I see what you did there fb.  |
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