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The problem with this, is what is deemed "far enough to be worthy of a mankad" ? 1 metre? 1.1 metres? 1.11 metres? Is there a warning or no warning?Certainly not far enough to be worthy of a mankad anyway:
Why don't we extend this vague "worthiness" to run outs, stumping's and no balls? Those have tightly defined rules around them and little - if any - ambiguity around the spirit of the game, so why not a mankad?
The spirit of the game, to me, should be around the attitudes and the participants towards each other, the opposition and the crowd. It shouldn't be about interpreting the rules, which gives rise to these scenario's where one player, or players, will have a different attitude to another.