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It may not feel quite right that a contest between England and Australia should become a bastion of sportsmanship but Mitchell Starc replicated the example set by Jos Buttler on Friday when he decided not to execute another ‘Mankad.’
Just as the England captain refused to appeal against Matthew Wade’s blatant obstruction in Perth so Starc decided against running Buttler out backing up at an early stage of what became a wet and cold wipe out of the third Twenty20 international.
Starc told Buttler he was backing up too far at an early stage of his superb unbeaten 65 off 41 balls, forcing the England captain, who has been the victim of a ‘Mankad’ at the hands of India’s Ravi Ashwin, to make absolutely sure he did not leave his ground too early.
Mitch Starc spared Jos Buttler's blushes after deciding not to execute a 'Mankad' on Friday
That averted a controversial end to a series where England would surely have completed their first whitewash in any multi-match series in
