Australian overseas Tom O'Connell, playing for Chittagong Kings in the Bangladesh Premier League, was dismissed timed out but recalled by the opposition captain, only to be dismissed again moments later.
O'Connell came out to bat at No.7 at the fall of Haider Ali's wicket. It wasn't before a long delay though: between Haider's dismissal off the first ball of the seventh over, and O'Connell's eventual entry, there was considerable gap.
As the wait grew longer, and all eyes were peeled on the Kings dugout: substitute players looked around and the Khulna Tigers fielders grew impatient.
"No one expected such a flurry of wickets to fall," said the commentator.
Finally, O'Connell scampered out from the glass doors, jogging past the boundary line to try and make it to the crease in time. By then, the umpires were having a chat, and discussing the situation with Mehidy Hasan Miraz, the opposition captain. At one point, Mehidy lifted the umpire's wristwatch to confirm the time.
With a smile on his face, he seemingly conveyed to the umpire that they wanted to continue with their appeal for a timed out.
The umpire then walked up to O'Connell and told him that he had been timed out, lifting his finger for the scorers as well.
According to clause 40.1 of the BPL playing conditions, matching those for men's T20Is, the incoming batter, or the other batter, should be able to receive the next ball within a minute and 30 seconds from the dismissal or retirement of the previous batter. Failing this condition, the batter can be timed out.
As O'Connell walked off, Mehidy changed his mind. He spoke to the umpire again and gestured at O'Connell, calling him back. He was hailed by the on-air commentators for upholding the spirit of cricket.
It wasn't the end of the drama. The first ball O'Connell faced, he hit it straight to Miraz, leading to, as the commentators described, the "worst golden duck in history".
Interestingly, Mehidy was part of the Bangladesh XI that appealed for a time-out of Angelo Mathews at the ODI World Cup last year, a decision that led to considerable debate in the cricketing community.
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