Twelve seasons in and the BBL continues to be producing weird, never-before-seen issues on a cricket subject.
Melbourne Renegades star Nic Maddinson was referred to as again to the center of Cazaly’s Stadium on Thursday night time after a 3rd umpire overview confirmed he hadn’t been dismissed hit wicket — regardless of “spooky” timing that appeared to recommend the left-hander had stood on his stumps.
Maddinson produced a blistering begin to his BBL knock in opposition to the Brisbane Heat, persistently discovering the boundary rope to set the tone for the Renegades on the prime of the order.
But the Renegades captain was left flabbergasted halfway via the ninth over. After middling a pull shot behind sq. leg off the bowling of Brisbane fast Mark Steketee, Maddinson rotated to see the wickets lit up and one bail on the bottom.
A shocked Maddinson started strolling off the bottom earlier than replays confirmed the batter’s toes and bat — in addition to the ball itself — had been nowhere close to the stumps when he performed the shot. Instead, the bail had mysteriously dislodged by itself.
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“Oh what’s happened there? What’s it come off? The bails have just come off,” former New Zealand wicketkeeper Ian Smith instructed Fox Cricket.
“All I can think is when his back foot swivelled round and made contact with the ground, it shook the ground. Maybe it wasn’t that stable, because it looked when he put that back foot down closest to the stumps, the bail fell off.
“Who knows? Spooky.”
Upon replays, TV umpire Stephen Dionysius stated he was “satisfied the batter hasn’t dislodged the bails” and gave Maddinson not out.
“I don’t think it’s come off anything. I think he’s OK,” former Australian all-rounder Brendon Julian instructed Fox Cricket.
“I’ve never seen that before, especially the timing of it when he’d just hit the ball.
“That is unbelievable. I’ve never seen that at all.
“It’s certainly a bit of an illusion. But it’s good news for the Renegades because Maddinson is still there.”
Maddinson then linked up with star import Andre Russell to place collectively a giant 78-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Promoted to opener, Maddinson destroyed the Heat bowling assault, putting the ball cleanly to all elements of the bottom.
The 30-year-old took a specific liking to Brisbane‘s Xavier Bartlett, taking 21 runs off the third over for the innings before smashing 22 runs – including five boundaries – in the 13th over.
Maddinson was then dismissed in the 18th over for a BBL career-best 87 off just 49 balls – an innings that included 10 fours and three sixes – as the Renegades finished their 20 overs with 7-166.
Originally published as ‘Never seen that before’: ‘Spooky’ BBL second as ‘ghost zing bails’ leaves star shocked
