St Bernards say Kew batter was ‘warned’ before the Mankad

The Sub-District clubs at the centre of the Mankad controversy have revealed they have “no ill-feeling” as players “need to be conscious” of the dismissal.

The two Sub-District cricket clubs at the centre of controversial mankad run out have confirmed they have ”no ill-feeling” following the controversial dismissal.

Kew opener Andrew Chalkley was run out at bowlers end by St Bernard’s paceman Kyle Adams in Sunday afternoon’s North-South Sub-District 1XI match.

St Bernards president Brendan Davey said club captain Adams gave Chalkley a warning before running him out at the bowler’s end.

“We got no issue with it,” Davey said.

“He warned the batsman that he was out of his crease, the umpire heard it, the batsman was out of his crease, he ran him out.

“It’s really as simple as that.”

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Davey said players needed to be more aware that it the run-out could happen as he made reference to Glenn Maxwell’s take on the situation who said “to be fair the batter is in the wrong.”

“Everyone received the rule at the same time, everyone knows what the rules is,” Davey said.

“I don’t know what more the competitions can do.

“Everyone’s aware of it, that’s why we are talking about it because everyone is aware that it is a rule now so I don’t think we could be doing anything more now to help that.

“I think batters need to be conscious of what they’re doing because the rules of the game state that it is now a dismissal.”

In the interests of cultural preservation I have laid out a selection of transcript from a Victorian subbies Mankad/runout incident over the weekend. Assistance welcome and required:
Here we go.
Oh wowee.
Great work dog.
Keep talking mate.
Stay in your crease. Simple. pic.twitter.com/8syD5obprS

— Sam Perry (@sjjperry) November 20, 2022

In September the ICC moved the running out of a nonstriker who encroached out of their crease from the ‘Unfair Play’ section to the ‘Run Out’ section.

VSDCA secretary Ken Hilton confirmed the decision by the umpire was made correctly.

“The umpires have adjudicated it in accordance with the laws of the game and that’s what they did,” Hilton said.

“The laws of cricket govern this and the umpires have applied the laws of the game.

“Do we like dismissals like that in cricket, we probably don’t but it happened.

“My understanding is there were previous warnings given and when it took place the umpires have applied to the laws of cricket and that’s the Association‘s position.”

Hilton said the competition could only adopt a local rule against the current one if the majority of 32 clubs agreed to a new interpretation.

“I suppose if we get a run of them, some clubs would be unhappy about it because it is probably not a great way to be dismissed so you might get some reaction from the clubs,” he said.

“But where we sit at the moment, it happens so rarely in cricket, I don’t think any of us would overreact to one dismissal.”

Davey said the clubs moved on from the dismissal after Chalkley, who was run out, apologised for expressing his disappointment at the St Bernards players following the dismissal.

“Kew and St Bernards, we have been in the Subbies for seven years now and we have built a great relationship with Kew and I say that sincerely,” Davey said.

“Peter Sist (Kew president) and I speak frequently about all cricket matters and share ideas and help each other out.

“He and I touched base shortly after (the run-out), there is absolutely no ill-feeling between Kew and St Bernards.

“We are aware that things happen in the heat of the moment.

“We have discussed any untoward behaviour, it’s been acknowledged by both clubs.

“It’s not something we want any club to be involved in and we have moved on really quickly.

“Andrew sought me out after the game and apologised and I accepted the apology straight away.

“I have gotten to know Andrew over the years and we just look forward to many more battles with Kew with what’s been a great rivalry in the last few years especially.”

St Bernards batters running between wickets.

Davey said he was disappointed by some of the personal remarks directed on social media.

“We are aware of how social media works, we’re not silly,” he said.

“We knew once the video went out very shortly after (the run-out), we knew it was going to get some traction and given it‘s the first one to my knowledge that’s been recorded at a local level, it was always going to have some interest.

“Look, social media have had their say, it’s reached professional cricket commentators and players.

“We are very supportive of a lively debate about sport and cricket however nothing justifies personal attacks on players and their families.

“So on that side of things it has gotten a bit silly.

“We are a great place to play cricket.

“We have got no issue with the debate around it.

“People are entitled to their opinion, we just hope they're doing it in a really safe way that encourages debate as opposed to personal attacks.

“If people want to make an opinion, they should make one that has got all the facts.

“The facts are clear, he warned the batsman, it’s clear on the footage in the lead up to that so I have got no issue with what Kyle did on the weekend.”

Kew were contacted and provided some background detail.