The root of all “Mankad’s” (with apologies to Vinoo)

At the end of term we try to play a “proper” game with the age group classes, even with the younger players. On Saturday, a small group of Dad’s gathered at the side of the hall to watch and encourage their children. And we had calls from one father for the non-striker to “start walking” …

Running out the non-striker — how was it that the only people in the ground who noticed were the fielding team?

Peter Della Penna’s forensic analysis of the now infamous run out † of Charlie Dean at Lord’s was pretty conclusive. Dean had left her crease early on more than 70 occasions prior to being dismissed, several times being 2’ out of her ground before the ball was released by the bowler. But were any of …