Charlie Dean run out: England's Heather Knight accuses Deepti Sharma of lying

Hours after Indias offspin allrounder Deepti Sharma said prior warnings were given to Charlie Dean before she was finally run out for backing up too far from the crease in a dramatic finish to the third ODI at Lords regular England skipper captain Heather Knight has responded to Deeptis comments stating no warnings were given and India shouldnt feel the need to justify it by lying about warnings In Saturdays match which was also legendary pacer Jhulan Goswamis final game in international cricket England were looking to get an unbelievable win over India thanks to Charlies batting efforts and her stand of 35 with Freya Davies for the final wicket12 The game is over Charlie was dismissed legitimately India were deserved winners of the match and the series But no warnings were given They donrsquot need to be given so it hasnrsquot made the dismissal any less legitimatehellip httpstcoTOTdJ3HgJemdash Heather Knight Heatherknight55 September 26 202222 But if theyrsquore comfortable with the decision to affect the run out India shouldnrsquot feel the need to justify it by lying about warnings zwj httpstcoTOTdJ3HgJemdash Heather Knight Heatherknight55 September 26 2022On the fourth ball of the 44th over Deepti saw Charlie venturing out of the crease at the nonstrikers end while in her delivery stride and knocked the bails off giving India a 16run win and 30 ODI series sweep over England Charlie was left in tears after the dismissal ended her gritty knock at 47 and was comforted by Freya which left the cricketing world divided over the legal mode of the dismissal with majority of England cricketers calling it against the spirit of the game After touching down at Kolkata airport Deepti saidIt was a plan to do the runout fo Charlie from nonstrikers end because we had warned her for leaving the crease early repeatedly Whatever we did things was as per the rules and guidelines We had told the umpires as well But still she Charlie Dean was there outside the crease We couldnt do muchAlso Read Brazilian great Ronaldinho set to promote cricket in IndiaThrough two tweets on Twitter Heather contested Deeptis claims by writing The game is over Charlie was dismissed legitimately India were deserved winners of the match and the series But no warnings were given They dont need to be given so it hasnt made the dismissal any less legitimate But if theyre comfortable with the decision to affect the run out India shouldnt feel the need to justify by lying about warnings Earlier on Sunday while welcoming the debate on the runout from nonstrikers end the Marylebone Cricket Club MCC in a statement called for batters to remain in their crease till the time the ball leaves the bowlers handThe Law is clear as it needs to be for all umpires to be able to easily interpret throughout all levels of the game and at all moments in the game Cricket is a broad church and the spirit by which it is played is no different As custodians of the Spirit of Cricket MCC appreciates its application is interpreted differently across the globe Respectful debate is healthy and should continue as where one person sees the bowler as breaching the Spirit in such examples another will point at the nonstriker gaining an unfair advantage by leaving their ground early MCCs message to nonstrikers continues to be to remain in their ground until they have seen the ball leave the bowlers hand Then dismissals such as the one seen yesterday cannot happen Whilst yesterday was indeed an unusual end to an exciting match it was properly officiated and should not be considered as anything morePreviously in the year the MCC amended the games Laws to move being run out at the nonstrikers end from being deemed unfair play in Law 41 to run out in Law 38 MCC said the change is only due to come into effect from October 1 but this was done to clarify this matter and to place an onus on batters to ensure that they do not leave the crease at the nonstrikers end prior to a bowler releasing the ballThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever