Former England men's all-rounder Dominic Cork has said India spinner Deepti Sharma's run-out of Charlie Dean at the non-striker's end in the third ODI against the hosts hasn't been able to sit comfortably with him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the 44th over of England's innings, Deepti came up to bowl to number eleven Freya Davies. Charlie, at the non-striker's end, attempted to go early and steal a few yards by wandering out of the non-striker's end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On seeing that, Deepti turned around to run her out in her delivery stride, which meant a 16-run win for India and a 3-0 series sweep.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Deepti's run-out of Charlie immediately attracted boos from the crowd at Lord's and divided the cricketing world yet again on the run-out from non-striker's end rule, which is valid as per the laws of the game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It's in the laws and that needs to be sent around the world -- that is allowed, and we've seen it enough times before. Unfortunately, Charlie Dean is in tears -- she has left her ground. Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I wouldn't like to finish a game of cricket like that," said Cork after the match ended.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Cork, who played for England from 1992-2000, felt it would have been great to give Charlie a warning instead of running her out from the non-striker's end. "It's nothing to do with India or any other team -- if England finished off a game in that way, I would say exactly the same."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"If somebody beats you, they beat you. Give them a warning and say 'if that happens again, that was your first and last warning'. That's the way I would do it and I thought it was bubbling it up to be a great game."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Cork denied that he was being biased on England's side on sympathising with Charlie. "It's not with me. I wouldn't like it as a player and I wouldn't have liked it at Derbyshire when I was coach there, so let's just forget anything about England bias, it's nothing to do with that."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It's just the fact that I don't like it. I would say exactly the same if Dean did this and Sharma was batting. It doesn't sit comfortably with me."<\/p>\r\n\r\n