God help me - the Test Cricket thread

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I notice a storm has erupted about Mankad in district cricket, with a couple of player suspended for Mankads.

By removing Mankad as an option, batsmen are taking advantage and storming off down the pitch unregulated. Some non-strikers are a meter or more out of the crease at the time of release. It's ridiculous that this is allowed to persist but the current rules prevent opposition bowlers doing anything about it. Umpires are supposed to police the batsmen, but this doesn't work at lower levels as the umpire is already focussed on the bowlers feet followed by the line of the ball.

I think this can be resolved by a very simple rule change for all cricket, basically the problem is the non-striker being able to charge down the pitch without penalty and with very low risk, so increase the risk. Remove the requirement for a fielding player to make contact with the ball before the stumps are broken by a shot off the bat. So that the risk of leaving the crease remains firmly with the non-striker, if they are out of the crease and the stumps are broken, with or without any fielder having laid a hand on the ball, they are out run out!