Warner still believes Mankading is a 'spirit of cricket issue' despite MCC amendment to code

spirit of cricket issue" for Australian opener David Warner despite the MCC amending its code to remove it from "unfair play" laws even though he believes that batters are the ones solely at "fault" if such a dismissal is effected. Custodians of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club re-classified the controversial runout, from law 41's 'unfair play' and incorporated it within law 38 pertaining to legitimate run outs.

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As part of the safety protocols put in place post Covid, cricketers were not allowed to use saliva on the ball to shine it. Now, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which is the custodian of cricket laws, as part of its amendments to its 2022 code, have completely banned the use of saliva to shine

It's one of the nine changes that the MCC made to its code, which is set to come into effect from October this year. "I still think the history of the game suggests it's a spirit of cricket thing... You don't expect players to do that," Warner was quoted as saying by 'news.com.au' ahead of the second Test against Pakistan beginning on Saturday.

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Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday hailed the Marylebone Cricket Club's (MCC) decision to remove run-out at non-striker's end from unfair play laws even as veteran England pacer Stuart Broad termed the move as "unfair".

"I do agree with the fact that if you are backing up, and you're out of your crease by a long way (you are fair game). "I think it happened more predominantly at the end of a white-ball 50-over games, or obviously in T20 cricket we've seen it but at