Is "mankading" fair?

[Texan]

It is clearly within the laws of the game. Most of the times when a player is indeed "mankaded", he has already been warned by the bowler. So, why is "mankading" frowned upon so much? Why does the umpire need to consult with the captain of the fielding team if the decision must be upheld? My opinion: The bowler is well within his rights to run-out a non-striker that has backed up too far. With TV replays deciding run-outs, the different between a run and a wicket can be a centimeter, hence even if the non-striker has gone out of the crease by that distance, he has gained an unfair advantage. The law is crystal clear and the bowler is not cheating by appealing for this run-out. On the contrary - when a batsman knows he has edged a ball and the catch is taken cleanly, he does not walk. In that case, he is clearly cheating and violating the spirit of cricket. That scenario should be frowned on much more than "mankading". So, why is that not a more grievous violation of the spirit of cricket?

[nevada]

If Mankading is unfair stumping a batsman when he goes off balance in the crease is unfair too. eg- batsman lunged forward to play the ball, missed and backfoot slipped to go one inch outside the crease.

[zep1706]

It is fair after a warning.

[PBN]

It is part of the game. Why does the bowler even need to give a warning? The batsman should be careful just like completing a run. Does the keeper give a warning to the batsman before stumping him?

[fineleg]

No need for warning. MJ doesnt warn before a bouncer at ur throat.

[Pagalpanti]

Absolutely fair, remove the warning thing tho, it only creates confusion.

[Trichromatic]

Run shouldn't be counted when non-striker leaves the crease early. Let 3rd umpire decide that. Getting batsmen out is rare and hardly discourage them. If runs are deducted on regular basis then they will be cautious

[CG]

Fair.

[Straight Drive]

It's perfectly fair in laws of the game. The runners are taking advantage even though they are not supposed to leave the crease. Good that bowlers are putting such runners in their place. We see the runners being at least a mtr out of the crease which gives them unfair advantage of converting 1's into 2's or 2's into 3's. For run outs, the extra 1 mtr makes hell lot of difference.

[tweaker]

Is is fair.All the batsman knows they can be runout by this method.

[Sonix768]

It's about as unfair as stumping...! Cook's comments on this were atrocious.

[King Tendulkar]

England pathetic. They warned Butler twice!!! Every right to do it. Butler is thick

[Roshanrocks]

Yes Mandakini is fair :winky:

[rockygonzo]

It's fair. Don Bradman, who, in his autobiography, stated: "For life of me, the laws of cricket make it quite clear that the nonstriker must keep within his ground until the ball has been delivered. If not, why is the provision there which enables the bowler to run him out? By backing up too far or too early, the nonstriker is very obviously gaining an unfair advantage."

[beetle]

Absolutely Fair.No need for warning. If the umpire sees it...he should call it 'short 'and deny the batting side a run.That would be fair.

[rajmarie]

Don't understand the warning thing. Clearly the batsman is having advantage there by leaving his crease before the ball is bowled. Mankad is fair and umpire should give it out on 1st appeal like any other appeals Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk

[CommonMan]

Mankad is fair, but Lungans are dark

[Sachin=GOD]

Absolutely fair. And no need for a warning either - If someone is playing international cricket then he should know this simple rule.

[Rotating Potato]

Absolutely fair' date=' remove the warning thing tho, it only creates confusion.[/quote'] There's no warning thing. It's all in the minds.

[rockygonzo]

I guess the warning is necessary, so that the bowler dose not keep on repeating the mankading action now and then. That really disturbs the batsman & mankading wicket is not a matter of chance on every delivery. So, warning is necessity to avoid bowler from spamming mankading. Also, its a rare case or a crucial run over-the-wicket where non-striker crosses the line before delivery.