A storm is raging across the cricket world after a Women’s Twenty20 World Cup star was made to pay for her lack of ruthlessness.
England star Katherine Brunt’s decision not to execute a “Mankad” run out in the dramatic final over is the talk of the cricket world after South Africa went on to record its first ever win over England at a World Cup in a thrilling last-gasp run chase in Perth.
Watch every match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup LIVE & Ad-Break Free with FOX CRICKET on KAYO. New to Kayo?Brunt, beginning the final over with South Africa needing nine runs to win, had non-striker Sune Luus gone for all money when she left her crease before the ball was bowled — but with a potentially game-saving wicket there for the taking, the 34-year-old instead handed Luus a sporting caution instead of whipping off the bails.
In the 17th over, as England’s innings struggled to click into gear, Ayabonga Khaka pulled out of her delivery stride after Brunt had walked over the crease while backing up in expectation of a quick single. Khaka’s sportsmanship paid off handsomely for the South Africans when Brunt returned the favour in the dramatic final over.Cricket commentators around the world have responded to the controversial moment by both applauding Brunt’s display of sportsmanship and deriding her for failing to capture the dismissal.
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