If Kohli is turning down singles with 7 wickets in hand and 10 overs left purely so he can get a century, I'd bowl 5 wides down the leg side if I'm a Bangladesh bowler. No more nonsense from any cricketer big or small about "I play for the team." This is supposed to be a World Cup match and instead it looks incredibly village. To make matters more comical, the commentators are indulging in the charade wholeheartedly.

By popular demand, a short thread on how Shadab Khan went from safe in his non striker's crease for the majority of his innings yesterday v Afghanistan to bolting too early for the first ball of the final over resulting in being runout... 1/x

Shadab historically is someone who generally stays in his crease. In fact, the same was true yesterday. From the time he arrived in the 39th over until the end of the 46th, Shadab stayed in his non striker's crease until the ball was delivered a perfect 18 out of 18 times. 2/x

So disappointed by Rohit withdrawing appeal after Shami pulled off a RONS with Shanaka on 98 in final over. The irony is even greater because as Shami ran in, Sangakkara on comms said, "All the fielders have come in. The Indian captain unwilling to gift a 100 to the opposition." This was the field setting as Shami ran in. 83 runs needed to win off 3 balls & the entire field has come in to deny a single. So how come trying to deny Shanaka a single and deny the 100 is kosher in that moment, but is no longer kosher moments later when Shami breaks the bails?

.@usacricket getting worked over by @CricketScotland in Women's U19 WC warmup match at St Stithians. 79 for 0 in 10. Ailsa Lister on 38 off 35, Darcy Carter on 36 off 25, just hit 2 4s and a 6 in last over. USA has missed 3 chances in the field, all of them straightforward. First Scotland wicket falls 2 balls after drinks and one ball after another missed chance by USA. Carter slogs to deep midwicket where Chudasama holds onto a boundary catch for 40. Scotland 83 for 1 in 10.2. Bhadriraju the wicket taker.

The @usacricket web site is back up and running. But it appears that the site's management has been formally transferred from Andrew Leonard (@CricketBadge) to Dhruv Barot, who had been serving as USA men's team video analyst and USA Cricket membership manager. 1/x Leonard had been working as site admin, USA Cricket social media manager, media relations officer, and broadcast commentator since 2017. According to multiple sources, Leonard's contract was ended by USA Cricket sometime in the last month. 2/x

Here comes a thread on the whole Starc v Dhananjaya "was it or wasn't it a warning to stay in the non-striker's crease" saga from today. Let's start with the entire over in question, the 5th over bowled by Starc in the first innings. Dhananjaya is out marginally on ball 4.3. Dhananjaya is behind the line again on delivery 4.5. After which Starc makes some gesture. Was he gesturing at Dhananjaya or at umpire Erasmus to alert groundstaff to fix the landing footmarks? On 4.6, there's no noticeable difference in Dhananjaya, but another exchange happens.

Just did quick scan of Pakistan innings in 5th T20I. Rizwan never leaves non-striker's end early. Always has eye on ball. Asif is also fine. But they have plenty of offenders leaving NS end early regularly, including Babar, Haider, Shan Maqsood. Worst offender was Iftikhar (pic).

https://twitter.com/the_topspin/status/1575821003342876672

So from that evidence (and plenty of others in franchise leagues etc), of course there are many who leave early @the_topspin. But there are also many top players who not only stay in the crease until release point, but keep an eye on bowler's hand to look for wrist/grip cues.

"There should be a line where you can't go past. If he does it again, he's gone." - Moeen Ali. Based on Moeen's own words, he crossed that line 15 times in his most recent T20I innings v Pakistan. But he's far from being the worst offender. Let's have a chat about HARRY BROOK...

https://twitter.com/WisdenCricket/status/1575073105935888384

In the 5th T20I between England & Pakistan, I decided to go through the entire England innings. It made from some interesting reading. Or shall I say, some interesting opportunities for taking screenshots and adding in some red and green arrows.

Translation: "When Senanayake did it to me, it made me upset. I didn't learn my lesson, Ashwin did it to me a few years later and it made me even more upset. I'll be even more upset if it happens to me a third time. I don't like being out that way, so please don't make me upset."

https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1575198663936135168

Here we go again. Could this be the reason why Jos Buttler is not in favor of *you* running him out at the non-striker's end? Because even after it happening to him twice, he still leaves early virtually every single ball. These are the first 4 balls from his most recent innings.

Went back to the full match replay. Charlie Dean was leaving her crease early starting with her 2nd ball at the non-striker's end in the 18th over. Ball still in bowler's hand. Dean is never looking at the bowler to see if/when the ball has been released. Basic lack of awareness. Here's an even more egregious example a few overs later in the 21st. Dean doesn't even have her bat grounded. She's left her crease early, at least six inches outside, with the bat dangling in the air, before the bowler has the ball even close to delivery.