Getting dismissed is a basic element in cricket. But sometimes this basic element becomes funny or bizarre. Cricket is a gentleman’s game but it also becomes funny sometimes. There have been many instances where batsmen got out in a way that made the audience, the commentators and of course, the players laugh or get shocked. In this article lets discuss five such instances where the batsmen were dismissed in a rather unusual way.
The first name in the list is of Glenn Maxwell. Leaving the ball is an art in cricket. But it turned out to be quite funny when Maxwell did it in the Big Bash League. So the game was between Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat. Maxwell came out to bat for the Stars. The bowler, Ryan Duffield bowled an inswinger which was completely misjudged by Maxwell and he got bowled in a very embarrassing way. He made a mockery of himself and made headlines overnight owing to that horrible dismissal.
The second name in the list is of AB De Villiers getting runout. So de Villiers tried to play a shot to the Zimbabwean spinner towards fine leg, but the ball actually didn’t middle his bat. It edged and the keeper wasn’t able to collect it. De Villiers thought that the ball went passing the keeper and so he tried for a run. But the keeper actually stopped the ball with his leg and he made no mistake by getting AB de Villiers run out.
The third name in the list is of Ashad Shafiq. So this was a match between Australia and Pakistan where Azhar Ali edged a delivery bowled by Peter Siddle and the ball went through the slips, rolling towards the boundary rope. Azhar and his partner, Asad Shafiq assumed that the ball went for a four. But it actually stopped just near the boundary where Mitchell Starc collected it and threw it towards Tim Paine. Meanwhile, Azhar and Shafiq were out of the crease to have a discussion. Paine used the chance to get Ali run out. This freak run out made instant headlines since it was unusual amd hilarious.
The fourth name in the list is of Amit Mishra. In the match, James Faulkner delivered a ball to him which Mishra missed and he came out of the crease as he tried for a single. But his partner Irfan Pathan refused the single. As Mishra was out of the crease, Samson aimed for a direct hit which he missed. The ball went to Faulkner but Mishra still didn’t try to get into the crease showing his disappointment for not taking a single to Irfan Pathan. Faulkner tried for a direct hit too and even he missed it! The ball again went to Samson and he threw the ball on the stumps and this time the ball hit and Mishra Ji was caught off-guard.
The last name in the list is of Ab De Villiers yet again. Bangladeshi bowler, Mohammad Ashraful bowled a ball that bounced twice before reaching de Villiers. AB did hit the ball which went high in the air and was caught by Ashraful himself. Bemused the surprised, de Villiers stood on the crease to say that it was a no-ball. But the umpire claimed that the ball bounced for the second time inside the popping crease. As per the rules, if the ball bounces inside the popping crease for the second time then it’s a fair delivery.
