NEW DELHI: In a never-seen-before flip of occasions, an unprepared Melbourne Stars no.11 batter Haris Rauf rushed out to the center to bat with out the pads and helmet and gloves in his palms throughout their BBL conflict in opposition to Sydney Thunder in Albury on Saturday.
The hilarious episode unfolded in Stars’ closing over of the innings when Stars misplaced wickets in a cluster.
The twentieth over which was being bowled by pacer Daniel Sams noticed singles taken off the primary two balls as Stars bought to 172 for six in 19.2 overs. However then three wickets in a row pressured an unprepared and shocked Rauf to hurry to the center due to the time rule.
Beau Webster was the primary wicket to fall, caught and bowled by Sams. He was then adopted by Usama Mir for a golden duck. The fifth ball of the Sams over noticed a Mark Steketee run out which additionally introduced the staff hat-trick for Sydney. With the autumn of three wickets off three balls, an unprepared Rauf hobbled to the center. Fortuitously for Rauf, the run out on the earlier ball, put him on the non-striker’s finish.
The hilarious episode unfolded in Stars’ closing over of the innings when Stars misplaced wickets in a cluster.
The twentieth over which was being bowled by pacer Daniel Sams noticed singles taken off the primary two balls as Stars bought to 172 for six in 19.2 overs. However then three wickets in a row pressured an unprepared and shocked Rauf to hurry to the center due to the time rule.
Beau Webster was the primary wicket to fall, caught and bowled by Sams. He was then adopted by Usama Mir for a golden duck. The fifth ball of the Sams over noticed a Mark Steketee run out which additionally introduced the staff hat-trick for Sydney. With the autumn of three wickets off three balls, an unprepared Rauf hobbled to the center. Fortuitously for Rauf, the run out on the earlier ball, put him on the non-striker’s finish.
Nonetheless earlier than the ultimate ball, Rauf did handle to place his helmet and a glove on. Sams, then, knocked over Liam Dawson as Rauf escaped with out going through a ball.
Sams’ closing over noticed 4 wickets off the ultimate 4 balls. Howver the left-arm pacer missed out on a private hat-trick.
Stars ended up with 172 all out with Sydney chasing down the goal with 10 balls to spare for his or her first win.
