Sport
8 March, 2026
You don’t see this every day: bizarre Bradman Oval dismissal
Cricket is a game full of quirks, but even cricket tragics were surprised by an unusual dismissal at Bradman Oval on Saturday.
Cricket is a game full of quirks, but even cricket tragics were surprised by an unusual dismissal at Bradman Oval on Saturday.
There are several ways a batter can be dismissed in cricket, including bowled, caught, lbw and run out. Occasionally, though, the game produces something far less common.
On just the third ball of the match, the evergreen Bowral bowler Cameron Belshaw ran in to bowl to Hill Top opener Mitchell Granger.
Granger struck the ball straight back down the pitch, while his opening partner Stephen McNaught attempted to take evasive action.
Instead, the ball struck McNaught’s bat and lobbed in the air, where Belshaw was able to complete the catch. The video of the dismissal is below.
The result was an unusual caught and bowled dismissal, with Granger out despite the ball making contact with his partner’s bat. Not quite ‘one hand one bounce’.
The dismissal occurred during Bowral’s semi-final clash with Hill Top in the Highlands Cricket men’s first grade competition.
Rain ultimately had the final say, with the match abandoned and no result recorded.
As the higher placed side, Bowral progress directly to the grand final. Hill Top will now face Robertson next weekend, with the winner earning the right to take on Bowral in the decider.
The Southern Wire will keep readers updated with the results next weekend.
Did you know?
Under rule 33 of the Laws of Cricket set by the Marylebone Cricket Club, a batter can still be out caught even if the ball touches another player — including the other batter — as long as the ball originally struck the bat and does not hit the ground before the catch is taken.
That means a shot that ricochets off the non-striker’s bat or body can still result in the striker being dismissed if a fielder completes the catch.
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