Australian pacer Mitchell Starc and England captain Jos Buttler got involved in a heated argument during the third match of the AUS vs ENG T20I three-match series with the video viral
The incident occurred during England’s innings, after Starc threatened to run out Buttler at the non-striker’s end but ended up only giving a warning to the batter.
Mitchell Starc Gives Jos Buttler Mankad Warning During AUS vs ENG T20, Video Goes Viral On Twitter
Friday’s match between Australia and England ended abruptly after it started pouring in. As a result, Australia missed their chance to tie the three-match series against England ended with a no-result in the last T20I match of the tournament.
Following the circumstances, England won the series against the defending T20 champions. Despite this, the all eyes were set on the incident between Mitchell Starc and Jos Buttler.
What Exactly Happened
Moments after the game, the commentators revealed what the two players were arguing about during the game.
The whole incident occurred during the fifth over of the rain-delayed match. Starc delivered the fourth delivery to Dawid Malan, who poked it back towards him.
Starc gathered the ball and immediately turned around to warn Buttler not to leave the crease too soon.
Grow up Starc. That’s really poor from you. What Deepti did was well within the rules of the game. If you only want to warn the non striker and not get him out that’s fine and your decision to make but you bringing Deepti into this isn’t what the cricket world expects of you https://t.co/vb0EyblHB8
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) October 15, 2022
An audio footage from the stump mic picked up Starc’s words:
I’m not Deepti, but I won’t do it. That doesn’t mean you can leave early.
Deepti Sharma is an Indian women cricketer, who ran out England batter Charlotte Dean during an ODI series encounter at Lord’s last month.
Jos Buttler Gives A Quick Response
Following Starc’s remarks Buttler quickly responded by stating
I don’t think I did.
The MCC rules has long featured Running out batters at the non-end strikers by bowlers in their delivery stride if a batsman is backing up as a foul.
Currently, this type of dismissal is not considered a foul play under the new set of rules issued. However, it is still a sensitive issue.
In fact, Deepti’s actions provoked a tremendous controversy about the spirit of cricket.
Just last month, Buttler was very vocal about the incident. The 32-year-old English captain made a declaration days after Deepti dismissed Dean.
No, I’m calling the batsman back
No one wants to see [mankads] in the game because they always create such a talking point when it should be about the battle between bat and ball and watching great games of cricket. They always seem to happen at unsavoury times.
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