In the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023 match between Australia and Sri Lanka on October 16, an interesting instance was seen. Mitchell Starc twice stopped in his delivery jump to warn Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera for leaving the crease early at the non-striker's end.
Sri Lankan skipper Kusal Mendis won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the Cricket World Cup 2023 match at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium. Both teams are yet to open their points tally in the top global ODI event. While Australia have lost to India and South Africa, Sri Lanka lost to South Africa and Pakistan.
Sri Lanka made two changes as Chamika Karunaratne came in for Dasun Shanaka and Lahiru Kumara replaced Matheesha Pathirana. Australia came into this match unchanged.
Coming to the incident, Starc had the opportunity to inflict a non-striker run-out, a form of dismissal that often triggers debates on social media. He twice stopped in his run up after reaching the popping crease, but could've dislodged the stumps at the non-striker's end where Sri Lanka's Kusal Perera was leaving the crease early.
But Starc decided against doing so in the first instance and instead gave the batter a warning. Starc also informed the line umpire about the same, highlighting how Perera is becoming prone to leaving his crease early.
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