Australia’s greatest player has voiced concern over the “spirit of cricket,” pointing to the case of Chahar-Stubbs as an example.
Australia’s greatest player has voiced concern over the “spirit of cricket,” pointing to the case of Chahar-Stubbs as an example. The third and final T20I between India and South Africa has brought up the spirit of cricket debate again. During the game, India’s fast bowler Deepak Chahar didn’t run out Tristan Stubbs at the nonstriker’s end. He did this even though the batter had left the crease before he had thrown the ball. Instead, Chahar chose to forget about the incident with a smile. This got a lot of attention from fans and commentators on social media. In response to the incident, former Australia spinner Brad Hogg said that the spirit of cricket has become “redundant.”
Brad Hogg’s tweet
He said the same thing in a tweet, which read: “Chahar is praised for a good gesture, yet no disappointment about the batters action. Batter breaks the law, bowler doesn’t use the law. We don’t accept umpires decision with use of DRS as well, “Spirit of cricket” has become redundant.”
South Africa had a massive 227/3 on the board when Chahar got rid of Stubbs for 23 runs off 18 balls. India was out for 178 runs, and the match was won by the Proteas by 49 runs.
Spirit of cricket
Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean in the third and final ODI against England last month. Since then, there has been a lot of talk about the spirit of cricket. But, unfortunately, the matter gets more spiced up, especially when it comes to running out of nonstrikers.James Anderson, a veteran pacer, said he doesn’t like this way of getting out of the game. He called it “illegitimate.” In a recent BBC Tailenders podcast interview, Anderson said: “I don’t think batters should go down the pitch when the ball has not even delivered, but I don’t think it should be a dismissal, there should be a warning or there can be penalty runs. That would be a better solution to it, just give them couple of warnings.”