https://twitter.com/TheJoshya/status/1110403431364263936https://twitter.com/mahadada/status/1110350455681544193These changed my mind to a degree in this particular case, he clearly had a bad habit of leaving his ground too early, not saying it's deliberate, but he does gain an advantage by doing so.
Theres also screenshots on Twitter from the same game showing other batsmen on both sides doing the same. Not saying it's right but if Kings Xl were cruising to a win would Ashwin have done it? In the rules or not I'm not a fan. Much like the Elliott/Collingwood incident years ago, was in the rules but I didn't agree with Collingwoods decision.Would be interesting to see an overlay of Ashwins full action over the top of the one where he mankadded to see where Butler was when he would have released the ball normally.
If there's one bloke you don't want to bowl off a no ball it's Dre Russ, poor captaincy from Ashwin
You teach kids at school to start to walk as the bowler bowls. It's always been considered good practice to teach this, but now they are saying it's cheating! This is a rubbish rule! If teams start doing this on a Saturday then it won't be long before we'll be reading about the ensuing punch up in the papers.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2019/03/27/mcc-u-turn-ravi-ashwins-mankad-jos-buttler-reflection-think/MCC have now declared this particular incident against the Spirit of Cricket
“We believe the pause was too long between the time Ashwin reached the crease and the moment it was reasonable to expect the ball would be delivered,” Stewart explained, referring to Ashwin’s pause in the crease - before pulling out of his delivery and running out Buttler who was backing up. “When Buttler could have reasonably expected the ball to be delivered, he was in his ground.”
“We didn’t come down either way (in the original statement),” Stewart went on, rejecting the accusation that MCC had changed course. “We now think at the key moment Buttler was in his ground.”Critics might argue that the ground has shifted. MCC’s original statement was on the lines of “caveat emptor” - that the non-striker had to take full responsibility for not backing up too far.Now the most telling argument seems to be: what would happen if every bowler did the same as Ashwin? Come to a standstill, would be the answer, and create intense animosity.