Somerset bowler Craig Overton remained stunnedImage Credit source: Getty Images

T20 cricket is all the rage in India these days because the IPL 2026 season is at its peak. There is some thrill or drama to be seen in every match here. But thousands of miles away from India, red ball cricket action is going on in England and something amazing is happening here too. We are talking about the County Championship of England, in which something happened which not only surprised everyone but also made them laugh. The reason for this was an umpire, who with his gesture fooled the entire fielding team including the bowler.

This incident happened on the fourth day of the match played between Glamorgan and Somerset. The Glamorgan team was chasing the target of 284 runs in the second innings and 5 wickets of the team had fallen. At such a time, a partnership was being formed between Ryan Hadlee and Shaun Dickson, to break which the Somerset bowlers were trying their best but they were not getting success. At such a time, an appeal was made against Dickson on an excellent ball by fast bowler Craig Overton and this is where the drama happened.

The umpire fooled the bowler

Dickson missed playing Overton's ball and it hit his pad. All the Somerset players including Overton started appealing strongly for LBW. Meanwhile, umpire Paul Pollard raised his hand, seeing which all the Somerset players including Overton started preparing to celebrate. But then instead of showing the finger for out, the umpire started setting his cap and as soon as this happened, the faces of the players fell.

Umpire Paul Pollard has done Craig Overton dirty there!

Brought his arm up to doff his hat, all the @SomersetCCC lads thought he raised the finger!

Probably wasn't out, right decision, but some bluff from the umpire!!

Hadley did well to stand there shocked!#GlamvSom pic.twitter.com/uG76Pzohgx

— Harry Everett (@HarryEverett_14) May 11, 2026

Overton and his teammates were left wondering what happened. He could not believe his eyes because the umpire was seen raising his hand immediately after his appeal, which gave the impression that he was giving out. The video of this incident became very viral on social media. Even the commentators could not stop laughing during the match, while everyone who was watching this video on social media was also laughing.

Somerset lost

Talking about the match, it was Glamorgan who ultimately won.

Sumit Sundriyal

Presently I am working as Assistant News Editor (Sports) in TV9 Hindi (Sports 9). Reaching here started from 2009, when I took admission in Mass Media Honors Course (2009-12) at Jamia Millia Islamia. Then in 2013, he completed Post-Graduation Diploma in Hindi Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass Communication. It was from here in 2013 that he entered professional journalism for the first time and first made a place in News 18 India TV channel. Before taking entry in digital journalism, he spent about 6 years in the TV industry, where he worked on the assignment desk. While at the assignment desk, gathering information is the most important task and it is the responsibility to check every aspect of that news and take it forward. Did the same thing while working at News 18 India. After this, the fascination with sports and sports news turned towards digital journalism and a new journey began. It started during IPL 2019, when Quint joined Hindi. After writing sports news with Quint for a year, he established a relationship with TV9 Hindi to achieve a new position in this work. For the last 3 years, I have been bringing every small, big, serious and funny sports news to you here and am constantly trying to present it in a better way.

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