sport news DAVID LLOYD: Bowlers must be told to warn batters first about 'Mankad' ... trends now

sport news DAVID LLOYD: Bowlers must be told to warn batters first about 'Mankad' ... trends now
sport news DAVID LLOYD: Bowlers must be told to warn batters first about 'Mankad' ... trends now

sport news DAVID LLOYD: Bowlers must be told to warn batters first about 'Mankad' ... trends now

DAVID LLOYD: Bowlers must be told to warn batters first about 'Mankad' dismissals after the Charlie Dean controversy... and it's time for the MCC to tweak the wording of the ambigious law Charlie Dean was run out at the non-striker's end by Deepti Sharma on Saturday The dismissal is commonly known as a 'Mankad' where the bowler feels the non-striker is backing up too far The dismissal has caused controversy and some feel it isn't in the spirit of the game Sportsmail's David Lloyd feels bowlers should warn batters before doing it Lloyd has also called for the MMC to tweak the wording in the current law 

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India were booed at Lord’s after winning the third ODI against England on Saturday — after a controversial ‘Mankad’ run out of Charlie Dean by India’s Deepti Sharma with England nine down but 17 runs from victory.

As Sharma prepared to deliver the ball she stopped, with non-striker Dean out of her crease backing up, and whipped off the bails. It was a legal run-out and India celebrated a 3-0 clean sweep of the series.

Were they just abiding by the rules or going against the spirit of cricket? Here former England player, coach and umpire David Lloyd gives his verdict…

Deepti Sharma opted to go through with a 'Mankad' run out of Charlie Dean on Saturday

Deepti Sharma opted to go through with a 'Mankad' run out of Charlie Dean on Saturday

The first thing to say about what happened at Lord’s on Saturday evening is quite simple: batters, stay in your ground! If you do that, this debate becomes null and void.

Charlie Dean was incredibly dozy and England paid the price.

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