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‘Absolutely PATHETIC way to win a cricket match’: Piers Morgan sparks outrage among Indian women after Deepti Sharma ‘Mankadded’ England’s Charlie Dean on non-striker end and urges team to ‘be ashamed of themselves’ ‘
- Piers Morgan has criticized Indian cricketer Deepti Sharma on Twitter
- Sharma controversially ran from England’s Charlie Dean to the third ODI. to win
- Dean was left in tears and had to be comforted by teammate Freya Davies
- Morgan labeled the runout ‘pathetic’ and said the team should be ashamed
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Piers Morgan has labeled India’s “mankad” in the One Day International final against England as an “absolutely pathetic way to ‘win’ a cricket match.”
Her side needed 17 to win, and England batter Charlie Dean was knocked out by Deepti Sharma at the end of the non-rush hour in an act that has caused a stir in the cricketing world.
Morgan was a viewer unhappy with the act and took to Twitter to vent his frustrations.
Deepti Sharma controversially walked out Charlie Dean at the end of the non-rush hour in the third ODI
“The whole Indian team should be ashamed of themselves,” he said.
“Absolutely pathetic way to ‘win’ a cricket match.”
England had struggled in their 170 chase to win the third ODI today at Lord’s but were rebuilding well with a 10th wicket partnership of 35 between Dean and Freya Davies.
With the duo doing well and 39 balls remaining, it looked like England could recover and take an impressive win over an Indian side that had already won the series.
But with Davies on strike, Sharma came into play before stopping on her run to controversially take out Dean and secure a 3-0 series win for the visitors.
The action resulted in booing on the ground and Dean in tears as India celebrated.
Dean was left in tears and had to be comforted by teammate Freya Davies on the pitch
Dean was finally all smiles again and was comforted again by head coach Lisa Keightley
Several cricket stars have had their say, including men’s bowler Stuart Broad, who tweeted: ‘I personally wouldn’t want to win a match like that.’
His opinion was shared by wicketkeeper Sam Billings, who wrote: ‘There is certainly no person who has played the game who thinks this is acceptable. Just no cricket.’
James Anderson, England’s all-time best wicket taker in Test cricket, replied: ‘Spot on. Not going to bowl the ball.’
However, Alex Hales, who was recently recalled to the England squad after a three-year hiatus, said: “It shouldn’t be difficult for the non-striker to stay in their fold until the ball has left the hand.”
It has been suggested that there was no warning from Sharma or the referee that Dean left the crease early.
Images also show Dean in her stride until moments before bail was removed, seemingly not in an attempt to gain an advantage.
The laws have recently changed in which state the bowler was required to be in the lead-up to perform a non-striker before the ball was bowled after several controversial incidents.