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5 unusual facts about hit the ball twice


Hit the ball twice

In 1624, a fatality occurred at Horsted Keynes in East Sussex when a fielder called Jasper Vinall was struck on the head by the batsman, Edward Tye, who was trying to hit the ball a second time to avoid being caught.

In 1622, several parishioners of Boxgrove, near Chichester in West Sussex, were prosecuted for playing cricket in a churchyard on Sunday 5 May.

An example of the dismissal occurred in 1906 when John King, playing for Leicestershire against Surrey at The Oval tried to score a run after playing the ball twice to avoid getting bowled.

Tom Sueter of Hampshire, who had scored 3, was the player in question, as recorded in Scores and Biographies.

In 1647, another fatality was recorded at Selsey, West Sussex, when a fielder called Henry Brand was hit on the head by a batsman trying to hit the ball a second time.


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In the Barbados v Rest of Leeward Islands Red Stripe Bowl match in 2002-03, Barbadian batsman Kurt Wilkinson was given out hit the ball twice, although his dismissal was controversial, as after hitting the ball, it had bounced from the pitch back onto his bat.


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