"Not calling Lorcan Tucker back, eh?" - Fans sarcastically roast England for celebrating run-out at non-striker's end vs Ireland in T20 World Cup
England came storming back in the first innings of their T20 World Cup encounter against Ireland on Wednesday (October 26) after finding themselves in a tough position. Their comeback was kickstarted by leg-spinner Adil Rashid running out Ireland's Lorcan Tucker at the non-striker's end.
Captain Andrew Balbirnie and Tucker built a solid partnership and looked all set to tee off to get their side close to the 180-run mark. However, Balbirnie hit a straight drive that touched Rashid's hand and hit the stumps at the non-striker's end in the 12th over. Tucker was well short of the crease and had to depart.
Fans on Twitter sarcastically questioned this. The English media, as well as some former and current players, had slammed Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma when she ran out Charlie Dean at the non-striker's end last month.
Jos Buttler had said that he would call the batter back in such cases, and many others said that it didn't require any skill. While this wasn't the same kind of run-out, it was a dismissal at the non-striker's end nevertheless. Fans consequently couldn't help but react to the situation with humor and sarcasm.
One of them retweeted a post about the run-out with a simple caption that read:
"Not calling Lorcan Tucker back, eh?"
Here are some of the reactions:
Not calling Lorcan Tucker back, eh? twitter.com/TheBarmyArmy/s…
Why Adil Rashid? You should have warned Lorcan Tucker first before running him out like that.. Where's spirit of cricket..? 😜
#ENGvIRE #T20WorldCup
Does that count as a dismissal according to 🏴🤣???
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Does this involve any more skill than a non striker run out?
That dismissal is against the spirit of cricket as there was no skill used in dismissing tucker
Tucker was not looking to run a single there, should @josbuttler have withdrawn Adil Rashid’s appeal there in the spirit of the game? Did Rashid cheat by running the non-striker out?
I am sure Adil Rashid used some great skills and planned this run out.
Why Adil Rashid didn't warned him? Why are they celebrating that run out in the non strikers end? No spirit of cricket?
Oye
No skill involved on rashid's part in that tucker wicket
Kuch bol @benstokes38
Adil Rashid, where is the skill bruh ?
#T20WorldCup2022
Why didn't England call back Lorcan Tucker when he was run-out of a deflection at the non-striker's end just now? The bowler didn't have to work for that wicket, did he? I guess this isn't covered by the mythical Spirit of Cricket.
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England came back strongly after Tucker's wicket
After losing the toss, Paul Stirling gave Ireland a flying start with a quickfire 14, but was dismissed in the third over.
A 82-run partnership between Balbirnie and Tucker set up a platform for the Irish side's big-hitters to go bonkers towards the end. However, the untimely wicket of Tucker brought England back into the game.
Sensing that Ireland struggled against spin, Buttler brought Liam Livingstone into the attack and he was sensational, picking up three wickets for just 17 runs. Mark Wood also troubled the Irish with his searing pace, picking up three wickets.
From 103/1, Ireland's innings was completely derailed as they only managed to score 157 runs and were bowled out with four balls left in the final over.
England will fancy their chances of chasing the total down. However, they have gotten off to a shaky start and were 14/2 after three overs.
England XI: Jos Buttler (c,wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
Ireland XI: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, George Delany, Mark Adair, Fionn Hand, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little.