Spirit of cricket has become redundant: Brad Hogg on the morality debate regarding mankading 

The former Australian chinaman is the latest to weigh in on the debate (PC: Twitter)

Ever since Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean at the Lord's, the debate surrounding the morality of the mankading mode of dismissal has risen up again. England were 115-9 in the third ODI with only 16 runs needed and Charlie Dean set on 47 when Deepti Sharma ran out Dean at the non striker's end to win the match. Following the dismissal, Dean threw her bat to the ground in tears as boos rang out from the crowd at the manner of the victory.

Controversy erupted post India's victory with numerous former and current English players lambasting and questioning India's methods. Even though this form of dismissal has been classified by ICC under the 'run out' section, it has become a talking point around the world since then. The experts have always had mixed reactions to it and it has proved to be a never-ending topic with the ‘spirit of cricket’ debate involved in it. 

Batter breaks the law, bowler doesn't use the law

In the recently concluded T20 series between India and South Africa, a similar situation occurred when Tristan Stubbs was backing up too far and Deepak Chahar gave him a warning rather than taking the bails off. 

Former Australian spinner Brad Hogg spoke about how Chahar received a lot of praises for the fact that he warned the batter in the first instance but the batter backing up too much even before the ball is bowled isn't seen as a mistake. He also highlighted how batters weren't often happy even with DRS due to umpire's call. 

“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,” Hogg tweeted. 

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