I blame the captain of Sri Lanka, Angelo Mathews, for the run out of Jos Buttler. He could have called him back and set the tone.
An international captain should say to his bowler, ‘let’s just get on with the game’. But the incident reflects poorly on the Sri Lanka team and Sachithra Senanayake. I know he was out of his crease but Jos Buttler was not trying to steal a single. He was only a few inches out of his ground.
Two years ago Kumar Sangakkara delivered the Spirit of Cricket lecture at Lord’s but there was not much sign of that at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
By Michael Vaughan
Source: The Telegraph (UK)
