‘I have no regrets’- Adam Zampa opens up on his attempt to run out at the non-striker’s end

Melbourne Stars skipper Adam Zampa has no regrets after finishing a controversial non-striker run-out of opponents pacer Tom Rogers, who was awarded the Man of the Match award for his marvelous spell of 4-0-16-5. Rogers left his ground and ripped off the bails as Zampa halted in the middle of his bowling run-up.

Before Zampa bowled the delivery, Tom Rogers had backed up too far in an attempt to get a head start in case of a rapid run. He was subsequently run out by the bowler and challenged the decision. Rogers was finally ruled not out because Zampa’s arm had passed the height at which he would have reasonably been expected to release the ball when the umpire sent the decision for review.

A portion of the over 40,000-person MCG crowd turned on their own captain and began to jeer him. If Rogers had been awarded, according to Stars head coach David Hussey, the team would have abandoned their appeal. “

It’s not the right way to play cricket – yet. It was more of a warning for the batter not to leave too early,” Hussey told the broadcaster, Fox.

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After the Renegades lost the game by 33 runs, Zampa subsequently assured reporters that he had no regrets.

“I’m a very competitive guy. I saw red a little bit when he used that to his advantage. If I get in that situation again, I’m not saying I won’t do it … I was well within my rights. It’s in the rule book. I just got my technique wrong,” the leg-spinner said.

In a 1948 Test, Indian all-rounder Vinoo Mankad ran out Australian batter Bill Brown, giving the uncommon method of dismissal its name. Every time it occurs, the dismissal sparks discussion, but the the Cricket’s Governing Body last year upheld the legitimacy of the decision.

“I was probably staying in my crease a little bit longer than I have in the past. So I thought I was going to be okay. But yeah, I am not too sure about it. But the umpires are doing a good job, and thankfully gave it not out,” said Rogers.

“It gets a bit murky, doesn’t it? If someone gets halfway down the wicket, everyone won’t be too happy about it. But not really. Hopefully, it all settles down and washes away in the next couple of months, by the end of the cricket season here,” he added.