Subject: Mitchell Starc on de Bruyn's backing up: 'Absolutely taking the
mickey'


Starc is being toooo nice to the batsmen....instead of just RUNNING THEM OUT......


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Starc on de Bruyn's backing up: 'Absolutely taking the mickey'

The fast bowler has warned batters in the past and admitted he may
eventually run someone out

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mitchell-starc-on-theunis-de-bruyn-backing-up-absolutely-taking-the-mickey-1351554

Mitchell Starc has conceded he could eventually be drawn into running
out a batter backing up after he warned Theunis de Bruyn on the fourth
day at the MCG.

In the 17th over of South Africa's second innings, Starc pulled out of
his delivery stride when he saw de Bruyn was backing up well out of his crease. "Stay in the crease, it's not that hard," he was heard saying
over the stump microphone.

During the drinks break he spoke to Fox Cricket. "He's halfway down Punt
Rd, wasn't he? It's bad enough in white-ball cricket, I don't know what
the need is in red-ball cricket," he said.

"I was just letting him know that if I have to keep my foot behind the
line, he can at least keep the bat behind the line."

Speaking after the match, Starc indicated there would be a point where
if a batter kept doing it he would take the bails off.



"That's just absolutely taking the mickey," he said. "That's not just
taking off before a bowl, that's a metre down the wicket. I gave him a
couple of warnings, but if he wants to keep doing it, I'll take them.

"I had a word with him last night actually because he was doing
yesterday. I said it again to him and he said 'I'm not doing it on
purpose.' There's no need for it…I keep saying I'm not going to take the stumps but you at least keep your bat behind the line."

Earlier this season, Starc gave England's Jos Buttler a similar warning
during a T20 in Canberra. Shortly after that he proposed a new method of managing the situation by using a run penalty, although that was more
with a focus on T20 where small margins are much more likely.

"Why not take it out of the hands of interpretation, and make it black-and-white?" Starc told The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
"Every time the batter leaves the crease before the front foot lands,
dock them a run. There's no grey area then.

"I've warned batters plenty of times, [Buttler] is not the first
occasion," Starc added at the time. "I warned probably seven Kiwi
batters in those ODI games in the top end - some were two metres outside
their crease. As I said to Jos, I could never see myself doing it
[running a non-striker out], but it doesn't mean that you should then
feel free to leave your crease early."

The ball after the warning to de Bruyn in Melbourne, Starc pinned Sarel
Erwee lbw with a searing yorker and three overs later Scott Boland
removed de Bruyn with a lifting delivery that was edged to slip.

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