Former England opener, coach and umpire David Lloyd believes the current law around Mankads is "too ambiguous" and needs to be changed following the controversial ending to the final ODI between England and India.
India won the game by 16 runs after Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean at the non-strikers end, a dismissal that has become known as a Mankad. Dean was left in tears and many within cricket were critical of India and Sharma, believing Mankading to be against the spirit of the game.
Lloyd, who stood as a first-class umpire between 1985 and 1987, said Dean was "incredibly dozy" for leaving her crease and "can have no complaints". However, he believes the law needs to be tweaked slightly in order to "avoid the furore that occurs every time someone is dismissed in this way".
