England all-rounder Moeen Ali has said he will never dismiss a batter backing up too far from the crease, throwing his weight behind his country’s cricketer Charlie Dean who was ‘mankaded’ by India off-spinner Deepti Sharma in the third Women’s ODI at Lord’s on September 24.
Since the day Deepti Sharma ran out Dean in the 44th over at the non-striker’s end to get a 16-run victory for India over England to complete a 3-0 sweep, the cricketing world has been divided on whether the Indian team should have warned the rival team batter before effecting the run-out.
Deepti, who stopped in her delivery stride to run-out Dean from the non-striker’s end, has revealed that prior warnings were given to the batter before she was finally run out for backing up too far from the crease.
Moeen said, dismissing a batter backing up too far from the crease was not his thing, and he won’t do it unless he is “really angry with someone”.
“No, it’s not my thing,” Moeen was quoted as saying by The Telegraph. “I don’t think I’ll ever do it unless I was really angry with someone. It’s in the (ICC) laws and there’s nothing illegal so people that do it have the right, but I just hope it doesn’t become a common thing, or something that’s regularly done.
“You’re not really working to get a wicket. At least with a run-out, there’s a bit of work that has to be done, and with all the other dismissals. This is just waiting for the guy and taking the bails off. Even when I played cricket as a kid in the garden, it’s not my thing to do,” added Moeen.
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