It’s just not cricket! Moment furious batsman hurls bat at his partner after getting run out in chaotic village match that has sports fans stumped
- A team called Mamba is seen on film playing cricket in a friendly village match
- One player called Evans ends up being run out and throws his bat in anger
- It soars through the air and ends up smashing straight into the face of his partner
- The 34-second clip has been watched more than 1.4 million times since Sunday
A furious cricketer was caught on camera hurling a bat at his partner during a village match so chaotic that the footage has gone viral.
A clip of the match, thought to have been played in an English village, has notched up more than 1.4 million views on Twitter alone in just two days.
The 34-second video, posted on September 19, starts with player Adam Ladak batting for a team called Mamba.
He hits a shot towards mid-off and he and his partner M Evans begin going for a run.
But they realise too late that a fielder has the ball.
During a friendly match played in an unidentified English village, a player called Evans storms off swinging his bat after a comical misunderstanding with his partner sees him run out
The bat flies out of Evans’ hand and loops backwards towards batsman Adam Ladak
It is then returned to the non-striker’s end and Evans is run out.
As the partners remonstrate with each other, Evans storms off and swings his bat in anger.
But the bat flies out of his hand and smacks his teammate straight in the face.
It hits Ladak in the face in the 34-second clip that was posted on Twitter on September 19 and has since been viewed more than 1.4m times
Evans immediately runs toward Ladak to apologise and check if he is okay.
The opposition seemed to ignore this and just carried on celebrating taking the opening wicket.
The video has since gone viral online and left viewers in stitches.
Lou Gilbert said: ‘The more I watch it the worse it gets.’
As Ladak recoils from the bat, Mr Evans runs towards him to apologise and check if he is okay
Another added: ‘That’s gonna hurt.’
One fan joked: ‘What am I watching?’
Another said: ‘Can anyone explain to me the scorecard is 4.1 overs, 38 runs without loss of wicket.
‘But the batsmen’s scores are 12 from eight balls and 0 from four balls.’
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