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Message: [QUOTE="FGfrom50, post: 3010054, member: 8867"] What are people's thoughts on the recent Mankad incident in the IPL? I'm pretty old fashioned when it comes to cricket; and I do believe the "spirit of the game" should dictate player conduct to a degree. However; in a Mankad, I'm also of the opinion that the batsman was not playing in the spirit of the game if he is trying to steal some ground, and it is fair enough to dismiss him even without a warning. That was basically my view when I read the story of Ashwin dismissing Buttler - until I saw the video. I don't know the exact wording of the law governing this type of dismissal, but I was always taught that once the bowler is in his delivery stride, he can't Mankad you, and you can begin backing up. Watching the video, the bowler would have been in his delivery stride if he'd had any intention at all of bowling that ball. The Mankad is out of the equation atathat point according to my understanding (happy to be proven wrong there). Additionally, Jos Buttler was still in his ground at the point the ball would have been released, again if Ashwin actually had any intention of bowling that ball. As a last point - isn't it a dead ball if the bowler runs through the crease without delivering the ball? [/QUOTE]

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