3 thoughts on “Intoxicated With The Spirit: Keep Calm And Carry On Mankading”
Have you actually seen the video footage of the incident? Mr Kartik actually comes into bowl and then stops his action. That in itself should have been ruled out by the umpires nevermind the player being given out.
You take Kartiks word for the warning do you? Nobody at the ground witnessed it. Maybe he’s covering his back. Barrow reminds the most dignified in all of this, walking off and not trying to defend or complain about his actions on twitter.
While the standard Laws prevent the bowler from such a move in delivery stride, the ECB Playing Conditions in force for this match appear to allow the bowler to do so (I’ve now linked to the relevant page on the Lord’s website). As far as I can tell the umpires therefore made the right call. As regards the warning, not having been out in the middle at the time, I can’t definitively state whether Kartik did or did not warn Barrow. His claim doesn’t appear to be contested, however, which must count for something. If he didn’t warn him, that would certainly worsen his standing.
Having said all that, this post isn’t really about the specifics of the Kartik-Barrow incident, but about the wider implications of Mankading, regardless of the rights and wrongs of this occurence. Some reports I’ve heard indicate that Kartik hadn’t been behaving in a particularly gentlemanly fashion before that delivery. If so, I can more readily understand and sympathise with the anger of the Somerset supporters.
I do agree with you that Alex Barrow’s response appears above reproach. He’s taken his medicine like a man and accepted the umpire’s decision, not appearing to complain about Kartik and Batty’s move. I imagine he’ll be quite a bit more careful about how he backs up in the future! Good to see someone coming out of the fiasco who’s able to hold his head high.
The point everyone seems to be missing is that Barrow was still in his crease when Kartik aborted his action. Thus any attempt to run out the batsman had failed and the umpire should have immediately signalled dead ball.
Running a batsman out after he has turned round to see why the bowler hasn’t let go of the ball is no different to running him out when he goes to prod the pitch between deliveries.
In baseball a fake pitch is called a balk and is deemed unfair. I think faking to bowl and then stopping should be treated the same way.
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Have you actually seen the video footage of the incident? Mr Kartik actually comes into bowl and then stops his action. That in itself should have been ruled out by the umpires nevermind the player being given out.
You take Kartiks word for the warning do you? Nobody at the ground witnessed it. Maybe he’s covering his back. Barrow reminds the most dignified in all of this, walking off and not trying to defend or complain about his actions on twitter.
While the standard Laws prevent the bowler from such a move in delivery stride, the ECB Playing Conditions in force for this match appear to allow the bowler to do so (I’ve now linked to the relevant page on the Lord’s website). As far as I can tell the umpires therefore made the right call. As regards the warning, not having been out in the middle at the time, I can’t definitively state whether Kartik did or did not warn Barrow. His claim doesn’t appear to be contested, however, which must count for something. If he didn’t warn him, that would certainly worsen his standing.
Having said all that, this post isn’t really about the specifics of the Kartik-Barrow incident, but about the wider implications of Mankading, regardless of the rights and wrongs of this occurence. Some reports I’ve heard indicate that Kartik hadn’t been behaving in a particularly gentlemanly fashion before that delivery. If so, I can more readily understand and sympathise with the anger of the Somerset supporters.
I do agree with you that Alex Barrow’s response appears above reproach. He’s taken his medicine like a man and accepted the umpire’s decision, not appearing to complain about Kartik and Batty’s move. I imagine he’ll be quite a bit more careful about how he backs up in the future! Good to see someone coming out of the fiasco who’s able to hold his head high.
The point everyone seems to be missing is that Barrow was still in his crease when Kartik aborted his action. Thus any attempt to run out the batsman had failed and the umpire should have immediately signalled dead ball.
Running a batsman out after he has turned round to see why the bowler hasn’t let go of the ball is no different to running him out when he goes to prod the pitch between deliveries.
In baseball a fake pitch is called a balk and is deemed unfair. I think faking to bowl and then stopping should be treated the same way.