The umpire who fought with Ishan Kishan defeated death in the live match!

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The Big Bash League in Australia is now in its final stage. Its 14th season will end in a few days. But before the final on January 27, its qualifier match was played on Tuesday, January 21. A tragic accident was narrowly averted in this match between Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers. Shawn Craig, who was umpiring in the match, was very lucky. He could have suffered a serious head injury during the live match, but he somehow managed to escape. This is the same umpire with whom Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan had a fight during India A's unofficial test in Australia and there was a lot of uproar in the ball tampering case.

Actually, during the fielding of Hobart Hurricanes, a batsman from Sydney Sixers tried to steal a single by tapping. Then the fielder of Hobart's team caught the ball quickly and made a strong throw at the non-striker's end to run him out. After one bounce, this ball went straight towards the head of umpire Craig. Sensing the danger, he immediately moved his body out of the line of the ball and was saved.

The weight of a cricket ball is about 160 grams. If this ball hits someone's head at high speed, it can even lead to death. Such an incident has happened with Australian batsman Phil Hughes. But during the BBL qualifier match, Shawn Craig was successful in averting such an accident.

Hobart's team in the final

Hobart's team performed brilliantly in the qualifier match and entered the final by winning the match by 12 runs. Riley Meredith was the hero of this match. He played an important role in winning the match in the end. Sydney's team won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, Hobart Hurricanes batted and put 173 runs on the board in 20 overs. During this, opener Mitchell Owen played a stormy innings of 36 runs in 15 balls. At the same time, Caleb Jewell scored 40 runs in 41 balls.

In the end, Ben McDermott contributed 42 runs in 31 balls and Tim David contributed 25 runs in 10 balls. Sydney Sixers, who came to chase this, lost 3 wickets at a score of 5 runs. However, after this, there was a partnership of 75 runs between Jordan Silk and Curtis Patterson. After Patterson was out, Lachlan Shaw played an innings of 33 runs in 25 balls and Ben Dwarshuis scored 16 runs in 8 balls but could not make the team win. Sydney's team could only score 161 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In this way, Hobart entered the final.