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On Friday, May 3, a hilarious incident caught eyeballs as a Lancashire cricketer was spotted with a mobile phone during his team’s County Championship match against Gloucestershire at the Old Trafford. The incident took place on Friday, day two of the ongoing County Championship match in Manchester when Tom Bailey walked out to bat at number 10 position for his side.
Coming out at number 10 with his team already scoring over 400 runs, saw a mobile phone drop out of his pocket as he was attempting his first runs. As he hit Josh Shaw for a flick towards the fine leg in the 114th over, he went for a single. While coming for a second, a cell phone fell out of his pocket, grabbing attention of several present at the moment.
Although, the video has been making rounds since then, it came into the notice of the commentators. While the bowler, Josh Shaw picked up the phone, it is not known whether it was handed back to the player or to the on-field umpire. Further, one of the commentators present at the moment said, “Something has dropped out of his pocket. I think it’s his mobile phone!”, another one said, “No way!”
Watch video of this viral incident here:
Gloucestershire trail by 159 runs after 90 overs on Day 3
Speaking of Bailey’s innings, the bowler went on to score an unbeaten 22 off 31 balls, helping Lancashire reach 450 on day two of the match. For the unversed, Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat first. On the back of 167 off 269 from Marcus Harris, and 50-plus knocks from Josh Bohannon and Matthew Hurst, the Lancashire posted 450/10 in 128 overs.
On the other hand, Gloucestershire is currently chasing the total and have amassed 291/3 in 90 overs with Olive Price scoring an unbeaten 114 off 236. Miles Hammond also scored 97 off 172 as the side trail by 159 runs at the time of writing.
