Editing Run out (section)

===Non-striker leaving their ground early===
{{see also|List of Mankading incidents in cricket}}
As a bowler enters their delivery stride, the non-striking batter might [[Backing up (cricket)|back up]], meaning they leave their popping crease early and moves towards the other end of the wicket, so that, if the batters attempt a run, that run can be completed quickly. If, at any time from the moment the ball comes into play (i.e. when the bowler starts their run-up) until the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the non-striker is out of their ground, they can be run out. This is judged to be before the bowler's bowling arm has passed the vertical. 

While a generous bowler may warn a batter to stay in their crease rather than to take their wicket, it is not required by the laws of cricket nor the guidance notes by [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]] on the spirit of cricket to do so. It is a legitimate mode of dismissal, and the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) playing conditions match the MCC Laws in this respect.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resources.pulse.icc-cricket.com/ICC/document/2021/05/23/33c2d68e-8b38-4804-bcc4-daa8da8ad362/ICC-Standard-Test-Match-Playing-Conditions-May-2021.pdf|title=Standard Test match playing conditions|publisher=[[International Cricket Council]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Mankading.gif|thumb|News report of Bill Brown's runout]]

One of the earliest recorded examples came in a match between [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Harrow School|Harrow]] in 1850, when Harrow's [[Charles Austen-Leigh]] was run out "backing up" by Eton bowler [[William Prest (Cambridgeshire cricketer)|William Prest]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228169.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1924|date=2 December 2005|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref> The most notable example of this method of dismissal involved the [[India national cricket team|Indian]] bowler [[Vinoo Mankad]] who ran out [[Bill Brown (cricketer)|Bill Brown]] on 13 December 1947 in the second [[Test cricket|test]] during [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 1947–48|India's tour of Australia]] at [[Sydney Cricket Ground|Sydney]]. Mankad when, in the act of delivering the ball, he held on to it and removed the bails with Brown well out of his crease. Since this incident, a batter dismissed in this fashion was informally said to have been "Mankaded".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149530.html|title=Two legends make their entrance|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=13 November 2008|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref> 

Until 2022 this mode of dismissal was part of Law 41-Unfair play.<ref name="UFP">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-laws-of-cricket/unfair-play|title=Law 41 - Unfair play|publisher=MCC|access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> but it is now wholly within Law 38 (Run Out).<ref>{{cite news|title=MCC announces new Code of Laws from 1 October 2022|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/mcc-announces-new-code-of-laws-from-1-october-2022|work=MCC|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> Some observers feel that dismissing a batter in this way is poor sporting [[etiquette]] and against the [[Spirit of Cricket|spirit of the game]], while others believe that the laws and regulations exist to be used as a structure of the game and that it is legitimate and sporting to exercise them.<ref>{{cite news|first=Cameron|last=Tomarchio|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/what-don-bradman-said-about-mankading/news-story/78b741dad44a2235f2a6375551d13bc4|title=What Don Bradman said about Mankading|work=News|date=3 February 2016 |access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=On Mankading and the problem with chivalry|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/on-mankading-and-the-problem-with-chivalry/cid/1687832|access-date=1 December 2023|date=9 September 2020|newspaper=Telegraph India}}</ref> Such dismissals have on occasion provoked debate.<ref>{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Harmison|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27689164|title=Jos Buttler run-out defended by Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews|work=BBC|date=4 June 2014|access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21060617/mankading-incident-turns-close-finish-controversial|title=Mankading incident turns close finish controversial|access-date=18 October 2017|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=18 October 2017}}</ref> In July 2014, when [[England national cricket team|England]]'s [[Jos Buttler]] was run out by [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]'s [[Sachithra Senanayake]], the World Cricket Council, an independent consultative body of former international captains and umpires, unanimously expressed support of Sri Lanka's actions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lords.org/news/2014/july/wcc-icc-should-state-long-term-vision/ |title=World Cricket Committee Running out the non-striker: Law is clear and the act is not against the Spirit of Cricket|work=MCC|access-date=1 December 2023|date=18 August 2014}}</ref> In contrast, in March 2019, when Buttler was dismissed in the same way by [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] in the [[2019 Indian Premier League]], an MCC spokesman said that while the mode of dismissal is legitimate, this particular dismissal was not in the "spirit of the game" because of the timing of the breaking of the wicket, a judgement that is now explicit in the Law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/47728182|title=Jos Buttler: 'Mankad' dismissal not 'in the spirit of the game' - MCC|work=BBC Sport|date=27 March 2019|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1113878|title=Buttler's controversial 'Mankad' run out – best of the reaction|work=International Cricket Council|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/47714310|title=Jos Buttler 'Mankad' dismissal: Law is 'essential' says MCC|work=BBC Sport|date=26 March 2019|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>