Weird cricket dismissals

First published 12 January, 2009 | No Comments

I was watching the 20/20 cricket match last night between Australia and South Africa, and besides the jaw dropping debut innings from David Warner, I found myself thinking that there is no way I'd want to be facing up against Shaun Tait.

Tait's first over last night was one of the fastest and dangerous looking bowling performances I've seen in a long while. Kallis was lucky, he should have been given out after gloving one to slip off first ball. A.B De Villiers on the other hand wasn't quite so lucky. After he was almost literally cut in half by a delivery travelling in excess of 155kph he went on to knock his own bails off. The ball clearly hurt, and I couldn't help but think he hit wicket to avoid having to face the follow up ball.

If you missed it, or just don't know what I'm talking about here's a clip.

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Tait, also known as the Wild Thing, has a knack for getting guys out in strange ways. Check out this dismissal in a state game. The batsman just didn't want to know about it.

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If you're into cricket, here's a collection of ten weird dismissals.

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... and if you are into cricket and aren't a fan of Kevin Pieterson, here he is getting hit in the head.

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I don't like cricket... oh no... I love it.