England star Jos Buttler has claimed he would call a batsman back if a mankad was to occur in a game he was playing for England.

The mankad has been in the news over the past week following an incident in the women's third ODI between England and India.

The incident, which occurred with England just 17 runs away from winning the game against India, saw bowler Deepti Sharma dismiss Charlie Dean via the controversial method.

Buttler though said that he wouldn't want to see it happen in a game he was part of.

"No, I am calling the batsman back," Buttler told Talk Sport when asked if he would allow a mankad to occur in a World Cup final.

"No one wants to see them in the game because they always create such a talking point when it should be about the battle between bat and ball and watching great games of cricket.

"They always seem to happen at unsavoury times."

The mankad will be clarified from October 1 under the new code of the MCC laws, which removes it from the unfair play section of the law book.

The MCC also confirmed this particular incident in the women's ODI was officiated correctly.

"This change will formally come into effect from 1 October 2022. This was done to clarify this matter and to place an onus on batters to ensure that they do not leave the crease at the non-striker's end, prior to a bowler releasing the ball," the statement read.

"The Law is clear, as it needs to be for all umpires to be able to easily interpret throughout all levels of the game and at all moments in the game.

"Cricket is a broad church and the spirit by which it is played is no different. As custodians of the Spirit of Cricket, MCC appreciates its application is interpreted differently across the globe.

"Respectful debate is healthy and should continue, as where one person sees the bowler as breaching the Spirit in such examples, another will point at the non-striker gaining an unfair advantage by leaving their ground early.

"MCC's message to non-strikers continues to be to remain in their ground until they have seen the ball leave the bowler's hand. Then dismissals, such as the one seen yesterday, cannot happen.

"Whilst yesterday was indeed an unusual end to an exciting match, it was properly officiated and should not be considered as anything more."