Haroon Lorgat defends abolition of ‘runners’
HONG KONG: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief Haroon Lorgat on Thursday defended the governing body’s decision to abolish “runners” in One-day International matches, suggesting batsmen were using them to cheat.
The batsman’s right to call on a substitute runner in case of injury has been an established part of cricket for more than a century but the ICC believes there has been widespread abuse of the system.
“It’s been considered by the cricket committee... and there has been a strong feeling that runners were used not in the right spirit,” Lorgat told a media conference in Hong Kong.
“It’s quite a difficult one for umpires to determine whether there has been a real injury to batters or whether it was a tactical use of runners.”
The batsman’s right to call on a substitute runner in case of injury has been an established part of cricket for more than a century but the ICC believes there has been widespread abuse of the system.
“It’s been considered by the cricket committee... and there has been a strong feeling that runners were used not in the right spirit,” Lorgat told a media conference in Hong Kong.
“It’s quite a difficult one for umpires to determine whether there has been a real injury to batters or whether it was a tactical use of runners.”
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