Eight instances of Mankading in International cricket

The group game between West Indies and Zimbabwe in the under-19 World Cup ended in controversial circumstances after West Indies seamer Keemo Paul Mankaded the last Zimbabwean batsman Richard Ngarava to earn his side a two-run win, and thus qualify for the quarterfinals.The act earned the ire of the cricketing world despite the fact that the rules are well within the laws of the game. Let's take a look at such similar incidents at the senior level over the years.

@B0$

We go way back to 1947 when it happened for the very first time. Vinoo Mankad ran out Australia's Bill Brown at @L0$ when the batsman left his crease before the ball was delivered. This mode of dismissal was hence named after him. Even though he received criticism from several corners, Australian skipper Donald Bradman supported Mankad's actions.

@B1$

In the @L1$ between Australia and West Indies in 1969, Aussie batsman Ian Redpath was Mankaded by Charlie Griffith during a tense run chase. Australia were set a target of 360 and they ended up making 339 for the loss of nine wickets. Imagine the outrage had they lost the Test on the back of this run out.

@B2$

This was the first time it happened in One-Day International (ODI) Cricket. Greg Chappell ran out debutant Brian Luckhurst on New Year's Day in 1975. The Australian later claimed that he warned the batsman twice before Mankading him. England still went @L2$ by three wickets.

@B3$

The Test match will be remembered for many reasons with the Mankading incident being one of them. England were looking for some quick runs in the second innings to set New Zealand a stiff target to chase in the @L3$. While many remember that innings for Ian Botham deliberately running out Geoff Boycott, Derek Randall's run out caused a furore to as he was Mankaded by Ewen Chatfield. England won the Test comfortably by 174 runs.

@B4$

One year after the Christchurch incident, we had one at the WACA in Perth @L4$ between Australia and Pakistan. Alan Hurst had run out tailender Sikander Bakht when he backed up too far and in return, Pakistan appealed successfully for handling the ball when non-striker Andrew Hilditch picked up the ball to hand it over to the bowler. Australia won the Test by seven wickets.

@B5$

In the 1992-93 series in Zimbabwe, opener Grant Flower was Mankaded by Dipak Patel when the Zimbabwean batsman was backing up too far. He had made a fifty@L5$ and couldn't prevent the Kiwis from winning it by 4 wickets.

@B6$

After 23 long years, South Africa forayed back into the international arena and played a series with India. In the @L6$, Kapil Dev took off the bails when he noticed Peter Kirsten was a few steps ahead of the crease. It created a lot of animosity between the two sides but later, Peter did admit that he was warned by Kapil in the previous match as well.

@B7$

And the most recent incident happened in 2014 when England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler was Mankaded by Sachithra Senanayake in Birmingham in the @L7$. The crowd kept booing the Sri Lankan players throughout the game. Buttler was given a warning previously but didn't take heed.

There have also been instances of players refusing to Mankad or teams withdrawing appeals. In 1987, Courtney Walsh decided not to Mankad Pakistani batsman Saleem Jaffar in a World Cup match. West Indies lost that match and it proved to be costly as they were eliminated from the tournament.

In 2012, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had Mankaded Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne after giving him a warning. But the stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag decided to withdraw the appeal.