INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The custodians of the laws of the game, The World Cricket Committee of the MCC, want to see the non-striker being run out by the
bowler normalised at all age-group levels besides requiring calm on the controversial subject.Last month, the MCC issued a clarification
to the phrasing of the law following an occurrence in which bowler Adam Zampa tried to run out non-striker Tom Rogers in a Big Bash video
game in January.The explanation involved changing the phrasing of Law 38.3 to deliver better clearness and eliminate misconceptions on
it.The World Cricket Committee (WCC) of the MCC, which met at the ICC headquarters in Dubai last week, is now requiring calm throughout all
levels of the video game-- from the grassroots level of recreational cricket to the elite level-- considered that the act of going out a
non-striker who decides to steal ground is within the laws of the game
The overriding element is that there is an easy way that all confusion and controversy around this form of termination can be removed - by
non-strikers abiding by the Law and staying within their ground till they have actually seen the ball being launched from the bowlers hand,
the MCC said in a statement
Part of the discussion in Dubai touched on the growing story for the bowler to be vilified for this type of termination
The committee members were unanimous in their view that the batter taking ground is the one breaking the Laws of the game and therefore
deserving of recrimination
They were also in agreement that there is no precedent to need a bowler to provide an alerting to a batter, verifying they are entirely
within their right to dismiss the batter on the very first event they break the Law, it added.The WCC consists of greats of the video game
consisting of Kumar Sangakkara, Sourav Ganguly, Justin Langer, Alastair Cook, with Mike Gatting being the chairman
The bowler is not the villain here
Every batter has an option; to stay in their ground, or danger being offered if they attempt to steal ground
If they choose the latter, they are the ones who are breaking the Law, stated Sri Lankan terrific Sangakkara.Gatting added: We have seen
ideas that this method of dismissal will be attempted increasingly more at recreational level and there is the possibility of matches
Whilst attempts may increase in the short-term, we would expect batters to discover their duties under the Laws really rapidly and drive it
Although the wording of the Law has just recently been clarified, the timing of when the gone out can be tried is the same given that 2017,
so very little has in fact altered
Our stance on this is simple-- batters should not steal ground if they do not wish to be offered in this way
Nor must they be expecting to be provided a caution if they do
If all non-strikers only left the popping crease once the ball had been launched, there would never be the requirement for such a dismissal
once again, said the previous England batter
