New Zealand pacer Trent Boult went for a sweep shot against Sri Lanka during the first Test match at Galle only to get the ball stuck on the helmet. The on-going Test match is taking place in Sri Lanka which started on Aug 14, 2019. This incident took place on Day 2 when Boult faced a delivery from Lasith Embuldeniya. Boult attempted a sweep where the ball took a top edge and got stuck into his helmet grill. When this happened Sri Lankan players started running here and there on the field for few seconds to search the ball, interestingly even Boult himself was initially not aware where exactly the ball was. The ball was taken out of the grill and the match resumed after checking Boult's condition. Let us see how Twitter reacts on this unbelievable cricketing incident. NZ vs SL 2019: BlackCaps Announce Test Jersey Numbers for Series Against Sri Lanka.
Earlier New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat first. The first day ended with New Zealand scoring 203/5 with 22 overs lost due to rain. The visitors did not get a good start to their day as they lost their last 5 wickets for just 46 runs as New Zealand got all out on 249 runs. Suranga Lakmal wrapped up the Kiwis batting line up on the second day of the Test match where his first victim was Ross Taylor who played a fine knock of 86 runs. Lakmal ended up with the figure of 29/4 in 15.2 overs. Now let us see some hilarious comments by Twitterati for this Trent Boult incident. Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st Test 2019: Akila Dananjaya’s Fifer Pushes Kiwis to the Brink on Day 1.
ICC Tweets on Trent Boult's Ball getting Stuck in helmet grill
Caught and Boult 😆 pic.twitter.com/N6Pbjs4UzI
— ICC (@ICC) August 15, 2019
Trent Boult Reacting Like a Wicket-Keeper
— Cricinpic (@cricinpic) August 15, 2019
Trent Boult is Hungry!
We know you are hungry for runs @trent_boult but please don’t eat the ball 😂#SLvNZ #WTC21 #Cricket #Galle https://t.co/q3Y9c0u0p5
— Adhisha (@adhisha04) August 15, 2019
Trent Boult Surprised After Everyone Starts Staring at Him
"Anything happened guys, why you're looking at me like this?* - @trent_boult @BLACKCAPS #SLvNZ (AFP/Getty) pic.twitter.com/18BsYXlw3W
— #BackTheBLACKCAPS 🇳🇿 (@KW_Fans) August 15, 2019
Trent Boult is indeed a good fielder
Trent Boult is so unbelievably good at catching cricket balls that he is now doing it without his hands pic.twitter.com/YVcql07v0W
— absy (@absycric) August 15, 2019
Only Trent Boult could play such a sweep shot
Only Trent Boult could edge a sweep and get the ball stuck in his own grill. 😂#SLvNZ #SLvsNZ pic.twitter.com/JK73SJGPBP
— CricBlog (@cric_blog) August 15, 2019
Trent Boult got dismissed by Lakmal by giving catch on long on to Kusal Perera. He scored 18 runs from 22 balls. New Zealand is currently on Sri Lanka tour to play 2 Test Match and 3 T20Is. The second Test match between these two teams will be played at Colombo.
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