Nathan Lyon burns toast in dressing room, play gets delayed as fire alarm goes off — WATCH

The JLT Sheffield Shield match witnessed a bizarre incident where the fire alarm went off but the players continued to play for a while

By: Score Keepers |
November 15, 2017 2:32 pm

Tags: Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith,

We have seen so many cricket matches over the years being interrupted for bizarre reasons. But, this one definitely takes the cake. A JLT Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales vs Queensland had to be suspended for half an hour because of a silly mistake made by Australia’s star off-spinner Nathan Lyon. He had been preparing a toast which got burnt and thus set off the alarm at the Allan Border Field, Brisbane.

Though the game continued for a few minutes despite the alarm being set off, the on-field umpires Phillip Gillespie and Simon A Lightbody had to evacuate the Stuart Law stand which housed both the teams, the scorers and the media. The play was delayed by 30 minutes

The players of both the teams were perplexed until Lyon confessed that it was his carelessness that caused the fire alarm to go off.

Here’s what the off-spinner had to say.

(The toast) popped up first and I wasn’t happy so I put it back down and I got carried away watching the cricket. There’s a first for everything. I was getting a bit bored in the changerooms. Steve Smith already said he’s going to cover it (the fire truck call-out fee).

Funnily, the 29-year-old also admitted that he intended to put peanut butter on the toast as well, though couldn’t because of the series of events.

Warner, Khawaja, Smith and co. watch on after play was suspended at AB Field! @CricketAus #SheffieldShield pic.twitter.com/idSJDAQ88A

— Louis Cameron (@LouisDBCameron) November 15, 2017

Scenes at AB Field. Stuart Law standing (housing the scorers and media) has been evacuated. Game continuing for now #SheffieldShield pic.twitter.com/5veNed1zOO

— Louis Cameron (@LouisDBCameron) November 15, 2017

Here’s the video of fire alarm going off posted by journalist Veronica Eggleton –

Fire alarm going off in the Stuart Law stand at Albion. Who burnt the toast? pic.twitter.com/ojKiKtjp5E

— Veronica Eggleton (@veggleton) November 15, 2017

Despite the bizarre sequence of events, Lyon’s side New South Wales still managed to win the match by 6 wickets. Lyon will be featuring in the Ashes 2017 squad.