CrazyMatt
Jaws
I like it I'm theory but would be a bit hard I reckon. Yes they look at no balls every delivery but the camera is honed in on the bowler's foot. You need to see the bowler releasing the ball and where the batsmen is.
I have zero sympathy for batsmen dismissed by mankad. As Starc said, bowlers have to stay behind the crease so bad luck if the batsman doesn't.
Yeah I agree with the no sympathy for mankad. If you're out of your crease when the ball is live then it's your fault.
There's just so much stigma attached to it now though I don't know whether it's reversable.
Re the camera, the video ref would have access to all the tv cameras wouldn't they? I guess like everything else it wouldn't end up being used for just the obvious incursions though. There'd be whingeing if they missed a close one and it affected the result.
I used to think mankad was one of the cheapest piece of **** plays in the game, but the more I’ve thought about it over the years, the more I’ve soften the stance.
Put it this way, I play baseball and have for 20 plus years, when I’m a runner at first, I take a lead, do I complain if the pitcher picks me off and I get out? No. I got what I deserve for taking too big of a lead to try to steal second.
And before someone jumps on me and says they’re two different sports, the intention of the action is the same. Im taking a lead off first to try to get to second quicker, the non striker is doing the same.