On January 3, Zampa effected a run-out at the bowler’s end as Tom Rogers was way ahead of his crease during the match between the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades.
The attempted dismissal occurred on the penultimate ball of the Renegades’ innings. Just before Zampa was about to release the ball, he saw Rogers was out of the crease and held his action to whip the bails off.
However, the possibility of a run-out was ruled out as the third-umpire explained that Zampa had already completed his action before inflicting the run-out, and hence, Rogers survived to watch the last two balls of the innings.
Melbourne Stars coach David Hussey, during the innings break, revealed that he was clear with Zampa about withdrawing the appeal even if the decision stood out. The former Stars skipper called the non-strikers’ run-out “not the right way to play cricket.”
Cricket NSW CEO Lee Germon, a former New Zealand Test captain, backed the law which allows bowlers to run out batters short of their crease, taking an undue advantage.
Germon stated:
He further added in his statement:
Lee Germon says even Sir Don Bradman had no problems with the dismissal style
Late Indian all-rounder Vinoo Mankad was the first person to dismiss Australia’s Bill Brown by running him out at the bowler’s end twice in 1947. Since then, the mode of this dismissal has often been referred to as “Mankading,” especially in England and Australia, with many players unhappy with its conduct.
Germon believes that the term “Mankad” is used to defame the person who started the type of dismissal even though it is within the laws of the game.
Germon said:
He added:
Indian cricketers Ravichandran Ashwin and Deepti Sharma have faced the wrath of foreign media for attempting a run-out at the non-striker’s end against England players.
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