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Aasif Shiekh did not run out an Irish batter after a collision. (Companies)
‘It is an honour for me to obtain this award, as my coaches at all times taught me to be humble and play throughout the Spirit of Cricket,’ Aasif mentioned after being declared the winner
Nepal wicketkeeper-batter Aasif Sheikh on Thursday received the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award for 2022 for his resolution to not run out Andy McBrine after the Irish star tripped whereas trying a run.
With this, Aasif turned the primary participant from Nepal to win the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award. The ICC Spirit of Cricket Award is yearly awarded by the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) to recognise the participant or crew upholding the spirit of the sport.
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“It’s an honour for me to obtain this award, as my coaches at all times taught me to be humble and play throughout the Spirit of Cricket. Speaking in regards to the second, it was a spontaneous resolution on our half to not take the wicket as it will have been unfair to the batter. We wouldn’t have been happy with a wicket in these circumstances as it will have been in opposition to our tradition, and the Spirit of the game,” mentioned Aasif on receiving the award.
The incident which bought him the award occurred in the course of the sixth match of the Quadrangular collection between Nepal and Eire in Oman on February 14, 2022.
Eire had been put in to bat first however Nepal had the scoring charge on a leash by choosing up common wickets. At 113/eight on the finish of 18 overs, they wanted a late flourish with the bat to submit a combating whole on the scoreboard.
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Kamal Singh Airee was tasked with bowling the 19th over. Off the third ball, Mark Adair went for a giant heave over leg-side however the ball hit his leg and dropped in direction of the leg aspect.
The bowler, in his try to retrieve the ball, collided with non-striker Andy McBrine, on account of which the Irish batter tripped and fell midway on the pitch. Airee shortly bought to the ball and threw it to Aasif, at which level McBrine bought again up however was effectively wanting his crease.
Nevertheless, Aasif determined to not whip the bails off and let the batters full a run, a gesture that obtained widespread recognition throughout the cricketing fraternity. Eire ended up posting 127 and Nepal fell 17 runs quick as they had been bowled out for 111.
This spirit of cricket is described within the preamble to the legal guidelines of cricket: “Cricket is a sport that owes a lot of its distinctive attraction to the truth that it needs to be performed not solely inside its legal guidelines but in addition throughout the spirit of the sport. Any motion which is seen to abuse this spirit causes damage to the sport itself.”
The preamble goes on to say: “The spirit of the sport includes respect for: Your opponents, your individual captain and crew, the position of the umpires, and the sport’s conventional values.”
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