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Cricket might be a "Gentleman's game" and players are always serious while playing, but as in any other sports, certain things happen which tickle the funny bones of the viewers and the players alive.
In an ugly occurrence described by the Wisden Almanack as "one of the most undignified incidents in Test history", an altercation between Javed Miandad and Dennis Lillee led to the latter threatening to break the former’s skull with his willow.
The Ferozeshah Kotla is always known to be buzzing with excitement during India - Australia clashes, but this time, it was the bees that were the source of the buzzing, forcing the players and the umpire to lay flat on the pitch, at the mercy of the insects.
Wicket-keeper tries to hit the stumps, fails. Ball goes into the hands of the bowler who also tries to hit, but fails. The ball again reaches the wicket-keeper, who does it this time.
During an India versus New Zealand match, Mark suddenly had muscle cramps after hitting a shot, and the way he fell down made the whole stadium laugh.
Kiwi fielder Lou Vincent was trying to save a boundary, accidentally his pants came down during the fielding attempt to everyone's surprise.
Billy Bowden brings a unique flavor to the match the umpires in b y his unique style of signaling wide, out, or a boundary and not so wonder that he has so many fans worldwide but even they are sometimes stumped when Billy pulls off even more bizarre signals to the delight of cricket fans worldwide.