Adam Zampa was the villain on Tuesday night as his attempt at Mankading Tom Rogers during the Melbourne derby in the Big Bash backfired.<br /><br />With the Renegades 7,139 and two balls left in their final over, the Australian spinner removed the bails at the non-striker's end with Rogers barely out of the batting crease.<br /><br />The Melbourne Stars celebrations, however, were cut short by the TV umpire, who gave Rogers not out after ruling Zampa had completed his action without letting go of the ball.<br /><br />Zampa's attempt to run out Rogers didn't seem to go down well at the MCG, with the Aussie star roundly booed by a crowd featuring predominantly Star fans.<br /><br />'If it had been given out, we would have withdrawn our appeal anyway,' he told Fox Cricket.<br /><br />The attempted Mankad sparked a debate among Fox Cricket's pundits, with former Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin suggesting Zampa 'must have warned' Rogers before his attempt. <br /><br />'I reckon Zampa was dirty from the ball before when Rogers got in and out and got Harvey on strike.<br /><br />'I didn’t think we were gonna see it [an attempted Mankad in the BBL] to be honest.'<br /><br />Brett Lee, meanwhile, suggested it was time for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to do away with the controversial rule once and for all. <br /><br />'If he Zampa goes past where he’s meant to let go of the ball where it’s deemed you can’t actually Mankad the batsman,' the former Aussie quick said during the innings break.<br /><br />'I don’t like that rule, I don’t like the Mankad rule whatsoever, I reckon they should take it out of their hands.<br /><br />'The best way to do it is to say to the batsman, if you leave your crease, you get docked five runs. Take it away from the bowler. I just don’t like seeing that in the game of cricket.'<br /><br />One of the most controversial methods of dismissals, Mankading has sparked debate in cricket since it was first deployed by Indian bowler Vidoo Mankad during the 1947 tour of Australia.<br /><br />Mankad ran out Australian batter Bill Brown by removing the bails at the non-striker's end after Brown had stepped well out of his crease.<br /><br />In October last year, the International Cricket Council changed its rules over Mankading to no longer classify it as 'Unfair Play' but simply another method of 'Run Out'.<br /><br />The controversial dismissal has always been considered a legal and fair way of dismissing a batter under the Marylebone Cricket Club Laws of Cricket.<br /><br />Law 41.16.1 of the MCC code states that: 'If the non-striker is out of his/her ground at any time from the moment the ball comes into play until the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the non-striker is liable to be Run out. <br /><br />'In these circumstances, the non-striker will be out Run out if he/she is out of his/her ground when his/her wicket is put down by the bowler throwing the ball at the stumps or by the bowler’s hand holding the ball, whether or not the ball is subsequently delivered.'<br /><br />The controversial dismissal has always been considered a legal and fair way
