In the ongoing European Cricket League (ECL) T10, a Group C match between Italian cricket club Brescia and Turkey’s Zeytinburnu Zafer witnessed a hilarious, yet heartbreaking incident at Spain’s Cartama Oval. During the innings of Brescia, the outfielders of Zeytinburnu were not at their best in the outfield as they made a lot of mistakes and even dropped several catches. However, in the 10th over, Abhishek Kumar delivered a short pitch to Babar Hussain, who tried to pull it for a six. Instead, he hollowed out to the fielder at deep midwicket.
The fielder was visibly pumped up after finally holding a catch and making animated gestures.
His joy was short lived, however, when the catch was taken on a free-hit delivery.
European Cricket shared the video of the incident on their official Twitter account.
When your team finally holds a catch…
But it’s a free hit
So many emotions in one ball! #ECL2022 pic.twitter.com/HoJxGc8tJJ
— European cricket (@European cricket) February 23, 2022
The dropped catch turned out to be an expensive one, as Babar Hussain reached a century.
Brescia went on to win the game by a huge margin of 162 runs.
After opting to bat first, the Italian squad posted a total of 187 for three in 10 overs, thanks in large part to Babar’s knockout of 102 from just 34 balls.
In response, the Turkish side was thrown out for a paltry 25, as none of their batters, with the exception of Abhishek (22) and Ali Cetin (1), even bothered the scorer.
For Brescia, Javen Muhammad took three wickets, while Bashar Khan and Ahmadullah Safi also took two wickets each.
As it looks now in Group C, Brescia are now fourth with two wins from their first five games.
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Zeytinburnu, on the other hand, remains firmly anchored with five defeats so far.
Brescia also qualified for the play-offs with this win.
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