10 cricket terms you have probably never heard of

Mankad

Peter Kirsten ‘Mankaded’ by Kapil Dev

‘Mankad’ is a term used to describe a bowler running out a batsman who is “backing up” at the non-striker’s end. When the bowler enters his delivery stride, the non-striker tends to leave the popping crease in order to complete the run as soon as possible, assuming the batsman on the other end decides to take a run. During this, the bowler may attempt to ‘run-out’ the non striker.

This kind of dismissals is very rare in cricket and is usually regarded as unsporting behaviour.

The term ‘Mankad’ originated during the Indian tour of Australia in 1947, when Indian player Vinoo Mankad dismissed Australian player Bill Brown twice on the tour in the same fashion. Since that incident, a batsman dismissed in this fashion is informally said to have been “Mankaded”.

Only 7 batsmen have been given out in this fashion in international cricket. (Complete list here). The most recent dismissal came on December 9th 2013 when during a Ranji Trophy match Railways player Murali Kartik ‘mankaded’ Bengal batsman Sandipan Das.

Here’s an instance when Kapil Dev ‘mankaded’ Peter Kirsten: