Re: Mankad?
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:51 am
Dogwatcher wrote:Tony Clifton wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:Booney wrote:Anyone else of the understanding that you had to complete your action before being able to mankad someone? ie - roll the arm over and then you could have them.
The rule has changed, you have to be anywhere in your delivery stride.
Not quite - the batsman can leave his crease legally as soon as the bowler enters his delivery stride. My understanding is that the 'delivery stride' commences at back foot landing.
In this case his back foot had landed prior to him taking off the bails so it shouldn't have been given out IMO.
He never went into his delivery stride, he just ran past and took the bails off, didn't he?
Yep, I'm not right up to date with current interpretations, but for mine, he didn't even start his action, let alone complete it.