Watch cricket’s new normal: Fielders race back to distant\, empty stands to fetch the ball

Watch cricket’s new normal: Fielders race back to distant, empty stands to fetch the ball

In the absence of the crowds, fielders were seen fetching the ball from the distant stands.

By: Sports Desk | Published: August 19, 2020 10:00:39 am
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Cricket’s most entertaining format is back to its live form with the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) started on Monday. Kieron Pollard-led Trinbago Knight Riders won the Caribbean Premier League campaign-opener against Guyana Amazon Warriors by four wickets at the spectators-less Brian Lara Stadium.

In the absence of the crowds, fielders were seen fetching the ball from the distant stands. Shimron Hetmyer of the Warriors smashed 51 off 38 balls and when bowler Jayden fails to get it far enough from off stump allowing Hetmyer to swipe it into the stands. That was his fifty as well.

The ball landed in the empty stands. The fielders were seen reaching out to the ball with one of them fetched it from beneath the covered seats.

After Trinbago won the toss and chose to field first, Guyana, who finished as runners-up in the previous edition, put up 144 on the board after the end of the rain-induced 17 overs. Chasing a decent target of 145, Sunil Narine scored a blistering fifty off 50 balls before getting dismissed by Imran Tahir. Darren Bravo scored a decent 30 which helped Trinbago go over the line in the end with just two balls to spare.

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