In the ongoing Big bash league, every day there is a new source of funny incidents. Recently in the game between Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder, Ben Cutting takes a catch and throws the ball up not knowing that it was a free-hit.
This incident happened in the 20th match between the Sydney Sixers and Sydney thunder. The 4th ball of the 16th over bowled by Nathan McAndrew was a no-ball, so the next ball was a free-hit.
Daniel Christan tried to hit the ball over the extra cover but eventually got caught to Ben Cutting.
And Ben Cutting in excitement threw the ball up not knowing that it was a free-hit delivery. As he threw the ball up, the Sixers batters were able to heist one run, making it a couple of runs on that ball.
The video of the same
Uh oh 😆 A little brain-fade here Ben Cutting would probably like to forget! @KFCAustralia | #BBL11 pic.twitter.com/pkpOtZtAtD
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 26, 2021
The commentary of the same
McAndrew to Christian, 2 runs, yorker length outside off, drilled low to Cutting at extra-cover, he catches it and throws the ball up – not knowing it was a free-hit because he threw it away, they take one more. Christian with a big smile on his face claps with his bat at Cutting and Silk responds with a smile too. They all see the funny side of things.
Summary of the game
Sydney sixers comfortably beat Sydney thunder by 30 runs by the DLS method in a 16-over contest due to rain. Chris Green, Thunder’s Captain won the toss and elected to field first. The Sixers batters came to all guns blazing especially Daniel Hughes and Daniel Christian.
Hughes scored fifty off 26 balls which includes 5 big sixes. Whereas Christian showed his power by batting at a strike rate of around 242. He scored 41 off 17 balls and took the team to post 168 runs in 16 overs.
In return, The Thunder batting order wasn’t up to the mark as they got all-out for 142 runs under 16 overs. Jason Sangha was the top scorer for the Thunder by scoring 47 off 30 balls. For Sixers, it was a complete bowling effort as all their main bowlers picked a minimum of 1 wicket.