Move Over Azhar Ali, This Run Out In New Zealand Domestic Tournament Will Leave You In Splits

Azhar Ali, you have got competition!

By: Arun Rawal |
October 20, 2018 6:25 pm

Azhar Ali’s run out is one people will talk about for decades. This cricket season has been flooded with rare incidents and records. Not long after the first comical run out, there came another one. In a domestic First-Class match between Wellington and Otago in New Zealand’s Plunket Shield the batsmen running between the wickets slipped their way to a hilarious run out.

In Otago’s first innings, batsman Michael Rippon flicked the ball off his pads towards deep square leg. As Wellington had an attacking field for him, it looked like a comfortable couple of runs but then Rippon slipped right after taking the first run. He tried to regain control but fell flat on his chest.

Nathan G Smith looked unaware of what happened on the other end was jogging towards his end. As soon as he saw Rippon on the ground, he tried to go back but slipped and fell on his back making the run out look hilarious.

I mean what are the chances…#PlunketShield @wgtnfirebirds v @OtagoVolts pic.twitter.com/NCZhge51iK

— #NZIII (@MargotButcher) October 18, 2018

Here are a few reactions to the farcical run out:

Yet another hilarious cricket moment

— jadav kakoti (@kakoti2011jadav) October 19, 2018

We agree

THIS is why we have cameras at every ground.

— Caleb McNabb (@Buffchacho) October 19, 2018

Hard luck, Nathan!

good player Nathan Smith – Otago cricket will be underdogs all season and hopefully they will have better moments than this

— Matt Plunkett (@Gutboiler) October 18, 2018

This guy is in disbelief

This is not that cricket that we have seen before . Kal @AzharAli_ bhai aur aaj ye. Kya ho kya Raha hai cricket Ko?https://t.co/7AIFiJmgsq

— Rahul Kr. Sharma (@IamRahul_07) October 19, 2018

Keeping them grounded

Ha ha ha ab ye kya hai
Ground pe fevicol

— Praveen Kumar (@raipraveen64) October 19, 2018

Nice one

@gradecricketer when you’re too lazy to take the 2nd so you fake slipping over

— Chappy (@paul_a_chapman) October 19, 2018

But both of them fell on the ground

Guess Grass is Greener on the other side of pitch

— 15Degrees (@desigiri82) October 19, 2018

Okay, last one.

#PAKvAUS: Hey look at this weird and hilarious run out!
Plunkett Shield: Hold my pic.twitter.com/qyTGwQHig5

— TarEEK! LaSCARE (@tarequelaskar) October 19, 2018

And here’s the video of Ali’s run out which may become the most-watched run out on YouTube soon enough:

Have you ever seen anything like it? Azhar Ali was run out in the strangest of circumstances earlier today! #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/s2WbostY10

— ICC (@ICC) October 18, 2018

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