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Mankad
By Will 4 years ago, at the end of March Leave a comment on this post
I stumbled across this (scroll down to the Mankad bit), and found a bit on Mankad. Mankad, Mankaded, Mankading - has anyone else heard of it/him? He ran out the non-striking batsman:
The most famous incident of this method of dismissal involved the Indian bowler Vinoo Mankad. It occurred during India’s tour of Australia on 13 December 1947 in the second test match at Sydney. Mankad had previously warned Bill Brown to stay in his crease. He then actually ran out Brown when, in the act of delivering the ball held on to it and whipped the bails off with Brown well out of his crease. This was the second time Mankad had dismissed a batsman in this fashion on this tour, as Mankad had done it in an earlier match against Queensland. The Australian press strongly accused Mankad of being unsportsmanlike, though some Australians, including Don Bradman, the Australian captain at the time, defended Mankad’s actions. From this time onwards, if a batsman is given out this way, he is said to have been Mankaded.
Since then the Laws of cricket have changed, so that a bowler may no longer Mankad a batsman once he has entered into his delivery stride. However, under Law 42.15 of the Laws of Cricket it remains possible for a bowler to run out a non-striker who has strayed outside his crease after he has started his run up, but before he has entered his delivery stride.
I’m ashamed to say I’ve never heard of Mankad, but by all accounts he must have been pretty useful
5 Responses to “Mankad”
March 27th, 2005 at 7.39 am
March 27th, 2005 at 7.50 am
Will,
Mankad was certainly better than also ran at leasr in the context of Indan Cricket. You may want to read this.This is considered as one of the greatest allround performance.
He also still holds the highest opening partnership in test cricket along with Pankaj Roy.
[Ed: edited link to make it work]
March 27th, 2005 at 5.28 pm
Thanks for that Gana, interesting reading.
March 14th, 2006 at 6.30 pm
vinoo mankad was one of the best allrounders in the world.wisden cricketer of the year 1947 he played a very important part in indias ist ever victory.he along with pankaj roy hold the record for highest opening partnership of 410 against newzealand in which he scored a double century.its a shame no one knows too much about him. i suggest u search about him at www.cricinfo.com i found about my namesake in the world book encyclopedia in the cricke section
June 16th, 2006 at 11.11 am
Anyone heard of a Dean Trick? (Not sure of the spelling) Apparently it is when 4 wickets are taken in consecutive balls!
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