{"id":21645,"date":"2025-07-25T17:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/21645\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T17:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:32:17","slug":"can-a-batter-have-a-runner-in-test-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/21645\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a batter have a runner in Test cricket?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the evening of the first day of the fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford, India wicketkeeper and vice-captain Rishabh Pant was forced off the field<\/a> on the back of a buggy after sustaining an injury to his right foot.<\/p>\n

Pant initially retired but returned to bat on day two despite struggling to even walk down the stairs of the Old Trafford pavilion.<\/p>\n

Former England captains Michael Vaughan and Sir Alastair Cook debated the topic<\/a> following the incident.<\/p>\n

“I don’t like that we’ve got four days left of action [as part of] an incredible series where we’re going to have 10 v 11,” said Vaughan.<\/p>\n

“Once they brought in concussion subs, I was crying out saying let’s just bring in substitutes in the first innings of a game. That would be my stepping point.”<\/p>\n

Cook added: “I’m not sure I agree, I’m not sure what I think.<\/p>\n

“We’ve just Pant walk off, he looks in all kinds of pain and [his foot] is not broken. Nothing on the x-ray is broken, it is just a bruise.<\/p>\n

“If it’s a broken foot, it’s different thing but if you just get hit and it’s a bruise, it’s only a bruise. It is discomfort and you can’t hold a bat as well as you would like, but it is just a bruise.”<\/p>\n

This article is the latest from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything<\/a> team. This question comes from David in Croydon. Thanks, David!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the evening of the first day of the fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-21645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}