Hallowed be thy Name – Sports Terms Uncovered!

9) Manakaded

Mankad

Apart from his fantastic all round ability and a rather strange record of batting in all 11 positions in Test cricket, Vinoo Mankad will be remember in cricketing circles for pushing the laws to the limit and justifiably so in running out Bill Brown who wandered too far out of his popping crease at the bowlers end in the Sydney Test. In all fairness, Mankad had warned and then run out Brown earlier in the tour in the same manner and the batsman paid the price for being pig-headed. The last instance of this debatable tactic was when Peter Kirsten was “mankaded” by Kapil Dev. The laws have since been tweaked so that a bowler cannot perform a run out once he has begun his delivery stride.

Instances of Mankading in Test cricket

Bill Brown by Vinoo Mankad, Australia v India, Sydney, 1947-48Ian Redpath by Charlie Griffith, Australia v West Indies, Adelaide, 1968-69Derek Randall by Ewen Chatfield, England v New Zealand, Christchurch, 1977-78Sikander Bakht by Alan Hurst, Pakistan v Australia, Perth, 1978-79Instances of Mankading in One Day Internationals

Brian Luckhurst by Greg Chappell, England v Australia, Melbourne, 1974-75

Grant Flower by Dipak Patel, Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Harare, 1992-93

Peter Kirsten by Kapil Dev, South Africa v India, Port Elizabeth, 1992-93

Any additions are most welcome!