BBL | Twitter laughs as cameraman bags ball to cause unprecedent break in play and leave JFM in lurch

Gantavya Adukia

ByGantavya Adukia,SportsCafe Editor

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The bizarre history of cricket has seen play being stopped because of the sun and the rain to stray bees, snakes, dogs, and even sandstorms. Yet, the sport breached new ground in Geelong on Monday Brisbane Heat's chase against Melbourne Renegades was paused after the ball got lost in plain sight.

Jake Fraser-McGurk was involved in a hilarious break in play in hisBBL season opener for Melbourne Renegades against Brisbane Heat in Geelong on Monday

Tim Seifert's ton and Ollie Peake's rapid half-century proved too much for Brisbane Heat in their Big Bash League season opener at the GMHBA Stadium as the hosts failed to chase down the daunting target of 213. Colin Munro set the foundation with a 32-ball 55 before Jimmy Peirson and Hugh Weibgen brought them close with a blistering 78-run stand in just 35 balls. The required rate was 15 when the duo joined each other in the middle and Weibgen gave them an early impetus with a boundary just five balls after the previous wicket. However, little did he know all the kerfuffle an innocous four would create.

On the penultimate ball of the 15th over, Matthew Spoors floated a half-tracker outside off and Weibgen needed no second invitation to strike a fearsome pull past Jake Fraser-McGurk in the deep. However, as the mic'd up Aussie youngster went to collect the ball, he struggled to locate where it had gone. JFM bent onto his knees and even went completely prone to look for the bal under the adboards but it was not to be. While he asked whether the cameras could help them out, JFM suggested confidently that the Kookaburra had ended up in a cameraman's bag sat near the ropes but the duo's search came up empty handed again. The kids sat on the seats close to the boundary were quick to make light of the situation, while JFM himself admitted he had never experienced something such in his life. Eventually, replays were rolled that showed the ball inded struck the cameraman's bag and stayed there, prompting another search into the rucksack. This time around though, the cameraman did manage to locate the ball and presented it witht he most sheepish of looks to the 'Rooster', who could not be more proud of himself for having sensed it straightaway.

Twitterati immediately drew comparisons of the incident with gully cricket and the uniquity of the lost-ball phenomenon.

Hilarious!

Entertainer!

Fifty!

In bag!

haha!

Dinda player!

Lucky!

Misses!

Plumb!

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