Mitchell Starc retires from bowling while Theunis de Bruyn leaves his crease early at the end of the non-striker.©Twitter
Running the batsman out at the non-striker’s end if he/she leaves his/her crease before the ball has been bowled is still a controversial form of dismissal in cricket. While some fans and pundits support the law, others believe it should be removed because it is unfair. The Marylebone Cricket Club, the guardians of the cricket laws, had earlier this year moved the mode of dismissal from the ‘unfair play’ section of their laws to the ‘run out’ section adopted by ICC from 1 October.
Whatever the opinion of the fans and pundits, the fact cannot be ignored that sometimes the batters gain an unfair advantage by leaving their crease early at the end of the non-striker. To deal with this amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the method of dismissal, the bowlers usually try to warn the batters committing such an offense rather than sending them off on the first out.
A similar instance occurred when Australian pacer Mitchell Starc became agitated and warned South African batsman Theunis de Bruyn in the recently concluded Second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
On Day 4 of the Boxing Day Test, Starc would bowl the last ball of the 17th over during the South African innings. However, De Bruyn left his crease well before Starc could release the ball from his hands.
Starc didn’t throw that pitch and when he returned from following up, he warned the batter.
“Stay in your fold. It’s not that hard,” Starc said.
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“Stay in your fold, it’s not that hard!”
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South Africa were on the wrong side of a “hammer” against rampaging Australian Australia on Thursday, losing the second Test by 182 runs and with it the series.
The loss capped a dismal first two Tests for the visitors who went down six wickets in two days in the Brisbane opener, with a potential face-saving third game in Sydney still to be played.
(with AFP inputs)
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