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Moeen Ali: Ban the Mankad

Moeen Ali: Ban the Mankad - GETTY IMAGES
Moeen Ali: Ban the Mankad - GETTY IMAGES

Moeen Ali says the Mankad dismissal should be banned and reiterated England’s dislike of bowlers running out the non-striker for backing up.

The Mankad debate has raged since Charlie Dean was run out backing up by Deepti Sharma during the third ODI between England and India at Lord’s on Sunday.

“No it's not my thing,” he said. “I don't think I'll ever do it unless I was really angry with someone. It's in the 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.

The MCC have since reaffirmed the legality of the dismissal and Moeen worries it could grow into a regular feature of cricket if it becomes an accepted way of taking a wicket.

“You should be in your crease anyway, to be fair, but it’s a difficult one. You don’t really look at the bowlers. You feel like they’re there and they’re going to bowl, but if they’re stopping, your momentum can take you out of your crease,” said Moeen.

“I actually just think they should get rid of them. We were discussing this the other day, how would you do it, because guys would then (pinch ground) but there should be a line where you can’t go past and you know how the umpires look for the no-balls, they could potentially do the same for that and say, right, he’s got one more, if he does it again, he’s gone.”

England’s series against Pakistan resumes in Lahore on Wednesday with England contemplating a recall for Chris Woakes who has not played since the West Indies series in March due to injury. Heavy rain in Lahore forced England to cancel nets on Tuesday and could threaten the fifth T20 with the series 2-2.