The ongoing Big Bash League in Australia is now at its final stage. Its 14th season will end in a few days. But before the final to be held on 27 January, its qualifier match was played on Tuesday 21 January. A tragic accident was narrowly averted in the match between Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers. Shaun Craig, who was umpiring the match, was very lucky. He could have suffered a serious head injury during the live match, but he somehow managed to escape. This is the same umpire with whom Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan had a fight during India A's unofficial Test in Australia and there was a huge uproar in the ball tampering case.

Umpire Craig defeated death like this?

Actually, during the fielding of Hobart Hurricanes, a batsman of Sydney Sixers tried to steal a single by tapping. Then the fielder of Hobart team caught the fast ball and made a strong throw at the non-striker's end to run him out. After one tap, this ball went straight towards the head of umpire Craig. Sensing the danger, he immediately removed his body from the line of the ball and was saved.

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The weight of cricket ball is about 160 grams. If this ball hits someone's head at high speed, he may even die. One such incident has happened with Australian batsman Phil Hughes. But during the BBL qualifier match, Shaun Craig was successful in avoiding such an accident.

Hobart team in the final

The Hobart team performed brilliantly in the qualifier match and entered the finals by winning the match by 12 runs. Riley Meredith was the hero of this match. He played an important role in winning the match in the final. Sydney team won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, while batting, Hobart Hurricanes put 173 runs on the board in 20 overs. During this, opener Mitchell Owen played a stormy inning of 36 runs in 15 balls. Whereas Caleb Jewell scored 40 runs in 41 balls.

In the end, Ben McDormet contributed 42 runs in 31 balls and Tim David contributed 25 runs in 10 balls. Sydney Sixers came to chase it and lost 3 wickets at the score of 5 runs. However, after this there was a partnership of 75 runs between Jordan Silk and Curtis Patterson. After Patterson was out, Lachlan Shaw scored 33 runs in 25 balls and Ben Dwarshuis scored 16 runs in 8 balls but could not lead the team to victory. Sydney team could score only 161 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In this way Hobart entered the finals.