England captain Heather Knight accuses India of LYING – after Deepti Sharma’s controversial ‘Mankad’

Heather Knight has accused India of ‘needlessly mendacity’ over the controversial ending to their one-day worldwide collection in opposition to England.

India sealed a 3-0 victory with a 16-run triumph at Lord’s on Saturday, the ultimate wicket coming through Deepti Sharma’s ‘Mankad’ on Charlie Dean, which prompted a web-based outcry.

Bowler Sharma has since claimed she gave Dean ‘repeated warnings’ about leaving her crease earlier than working her out on the non-striker’s finish – however England captain Knight, who’s at present injured, accused the guests of mendacity in regards to the incident. 

She tweeted: ‘The sport is over, Charlie was dismissed legitimately. India had been deserved winners of the match and the collection. However no warnings got. They do not must be given, so it hasn’t made the dismissal any much less reliable.

‘But when they’re comfy with the choice to have an effect on the run out, India should not really feel the necessity to justify it by mendacity about warnings,’ adopted by a shrugging emoji. 

Sharma had stated to reporters after the crew arrived in Kolkata: ‘It was a plan, as a result of we had warned her [for leaving the crease early] repeatedly. 

England captain Heather Knight has accused India of ‘mendacity’ about their controversial ‘Mankad’

Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean (left) on the non-striker’s finish in a contentious incident

Sharma (centre) stated she had given Dean ‘repeated warnings’ – a declare that Knight questioned

‘We did issues as per the principles and tips. We advised the umpires as nicely, however she was there [outside the crease]. We could not do a lot.’

A tweet from cricket journalist Peter Della Penna claimed Dean had left her crease early 73 instances from the non-striker’s finish, greater than 85 per cent of balls the place she began on the non-striker’s finish.

England had struggled of their run chase of 170 to win the third and ultimate ODI however had been rebuilding nicely with a Tenth-wicket partnership of 35 between Dean and Freya Davies.

With the duo going nicely and 39 balls left, it appeared England might get better to file a powerful win over an Indian aspect that had already received the collection. Sharma then feinted to bowl earlier than pulling out of her supply stride and whipping off the bails. 

Dean was left in tears and needed to be consoled by team-mate Freya Davies (proper) on the sector

Dean was ultimately all smiles once more and was consoled once more by head coach Lisa Keightley

Though a authorized dismissal and completely throughout the guidelines, some imagine it’s opposite to the spirit of the sport. The motion resulted in boos across the floor and Dean was left tearful as India celebrated, with TV presenter Piers Morgan left livid.

He stated: ‘Completely pathetic strategy to “win” a cricket match. The entire India crew must be ashamed of themselves.’ 

A number of cricket stars had their say on the matter, together with England males’s bowler Stuart Broad, who tweeted: ‘I personally would not wish to win a match like that.’  

His views had been echoed by wicketkeeper Sam Billings, who posted: ‘There’s certainly not an individual who has performed the sport that thinks that is acceptable. Simply not cricket.’ 

Billings then posted a nonetheless picture of the controversial second, with the caption: ‘Not even trying on the different finish in supply stride.’ 

England wicketkeeper Sam Billings claimed it wasn’t proper and stated it was ‘simply not cricket’

His England team-mates Jimmy Anderson and Alex Hales replied to Billings’ social media put up

England’s all-time main wicket taker in Check cricket James Anderson replied to Billings’ first remark: ‘Spot on. No intention of bowling the ball.’ 

Alex Hales, who has lately been recalled to the England crew after a three-year hiatus, nevertheless, stated: ‘It should not be troublesome for the non-striker to remain of their crease til the ball has left the hand.’  

Sharma’s team-mate Harmanpreet Kaur, when interviewed after the match, stated: ‘It is a part of the sport. We’ve got not finished something new.

‘It’s a part of the ICC guidelines and it simply reveals your consciousness. I’ll again my gamers and on the finish of the day, a win is a win.’ 

Pictures present Dean was in her crease till moments earlier than the bails had been taken off, seemingly not trying to achieve a bonus.

The legal guidelines had been lately modified the state the bowler needed to be of their run-up to run a non-striker out earlier than the ball was bowled, after a number of controversial incidents.