Author: WebDesk

There has been a lot of talk on Mankading off late. Finally the ICC has ruled that it is not “mankading” but a run out. In fact, it was the biggest take away in the aftermath of the Deepti Sharma incident when she, very justly, ran out Charlotte Dean giving India a much needed victory. However, what is little known is that way before 1947-8 when Vinoo Mankad had run Bill Brown out in Sydney, the father of cricket, WG Grace, had come out in support of such a dismissal and called it a fair run out. Yes the paper…

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