Kyle Abbott was denied a wicket during Hampshire's County Championship fixture against Somerset on Thursday (September 26), after a rarely-seen call of dead ball was made.
At Taunton, Somerset took on Hamsphire in both sides' 14th match of the Division One season. Kyle Abbott took two quick wickets for Hampshire, removing Tom Lammonby and Andy Umeed in the second over of the innings.
Regular strikes from the Hampshire bowling attack, primarily Liam Dawson and Mohammad Abbas meant that Somerset were reduced to 64-5 and 136-9, once Abbott removed Tom Kohler-Cadmore.
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Off the very next ball, Abbott and Hampshire thought they had wrapped up the innings, as the pace bowler knocked back Somerset No.11 Shoaib Bashir's off stump.
However, they were left surprised after the batter refused to leave the wicket, pointing instead towards the stumps at the bowler's end. Bashir appeared to be suggesting that a towel, that had fallen out of Abbott's pocket as he delivered the ball, had caused some interference. The umpires agreed, and called a dead ball. As a result, Bashir was allowed to continue batting.
