WATCH, BBL | Allen ragebaits Rauf into shoving exchange before melting tensions with hearty laguhter

Rauf dialled up the heat as soon as he was handed the ball in the third over with a short-ball to Mitchell Marsh to bag his wicket, before scalping Cooper Connolly two balls later with another back-of-a-length delivery. His tail up, Rauf prodded at the newly arrived Josh Inglis with gorgeous deliveries into the channeel, ending the over by narrowly beating the outside edge. As he was walking back from his follow through, Rauf barged shouleders with an approaching Allen from the non-striker's end, and quickly turned around with anger writ large on his face to confront. However, Allen surprisingly broke out into loud laughter, enough to make Rauf break down laughing himself. The pacer realized there was no harm intent involved, and later went back to Allen to offer what seemed like an apology.

Rauf eventually got Inglis the first ball of his next over, but Allen struck the only six off him on the evening four balls later against a 146ks bumer.