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12/03/22 14:15 PM IST

Mankading

In News 
  • The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has announced its new code of laws, to be effective from October 1.
  • One of the key changes has been a complete ban on applying saliva to the ball irrespective of the Covid situation.
  • The MCC, the custodians of the Laws of Cricket, also accepted Mankading (or Browned, as Sunil Gavaskar calls it) as a normal mode of running out the non-striker, removing it from Law 41 (Unfair play) and clubbing it with Law 38 (Run out).

About Mankading 
  • The term ‘Mankading’ is derived from the name of legendary former Indian cricketer Vinoo Mankad.
  • In 1947, during a series in Australia, Mankad had dismissed opposition batsman Bill Brown twice by clipping the bails at the non-striker’s end before bowling the ball.
  • While Mankad found himself at the end of significant criticism for it he received support from an unlikely source – batting great and then Australian captain Sir Don Bradman.
  • The Laws of Cricket 41.16 states that a “Non-striker leaving his/her ground early: If the non-striker is out of his/her ground from the moment the ball comes into play to the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the bowler is permitted to attempt to run him/her out.
  • Whether the attempt is successful or not, the ball shall not count as one in the over.”
  • The law also states that if the bowler fails in an attempt to run out the non-striker, the umpire shall call and signal Dead ball as soon as possible.
Source- Indian Express

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