Seagull denies Middlesex batsman a six during T20 game

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A seagull has denied a Middlesex Panthers batsman smashing the ball for six runs during a NatWest t20 Blast match on Friday against Sussex Sharks in Hove, East Sussex.

The seagull seemed to be supporting his county team. You can see now why the local football team, Brighton & Hove Albion, are nicknamed "The Seagulls."

The NatWest t20 Blast is a brand new cricket league, in its debut season, in England and Wales for Twenty20 cricket - the shortest form of the game - consisting of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions (a North division and a South division) of nine teams each.

Seagull denies a batsman scoring a six during T20 game

By Jimmy Blake
Newsbeat Reporter
July 2, 2014



A seagull denied a six being scored during a t20 Blast match on Friday.

Middlesex Panthers batsman Ryan Higgins’ shot was blocked by the bird during a t20 Blast game against Sussex Sharks in Hove.

The bird survived but the batsman’s side went on to lose by six wickets.

Ryan Higgins hits a seagull during Middlesex v Sussex T20 - YouTube


Seagull denies a batsman scoring a six during T20 game | Newsbeat Alpha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T20_Blast

 

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What the hell's going on with the seagulls down in Brighton?

One week we have a seagull thinking he's a Sussex Sharks fielder, the next we have one thinking he's a horse taking part in the 19.10 race....​

Should have had a flutter! Extraordinary moment a seagull beat horse into third place after it photobombed the race finish

Bird swooped down to clinch second spot by a beak in 19.10 at Brighton
Luke Morris, riding Sagesse, came in second at the East Sussex racecourse
But he was just edged by the seagull who was the unofficial second ​

11 July 2014
Daily Mail


A seagull has become the surprise star of a horse race - after it was caught in a photo-finish pipping a top jockey to the post for second place.

The bird swooped down to clinch second spot by a beak after it photo-bombed the dying seconds of the 19.10 at Brighton on Tuesday.

The race was won by 7/2 favourite Jewelled, ridden by Richard Hughes.

This is the incredible moment a photo finish revealed a top jockey was pipped at the post into third place - by a seagull


Luke Morris, riding Sagesse, came in second at the East Sussex racecourse, despite being just edged by the seagull.

Spokesperson George Hill said: 'In all my years of racing, I’ve never seen a finish quite like that before.

'I don’t know what the odds are of that happening, but the bookies still gave Sagesse its proper result.

The bird swooped down to clinch second spot by a beak after it photo-bombed the dying seconds of the 19.10 at Brighton racecourse (stock picture) on Tuesday

'We are about a mile-and-a-half from the sea, and there are a lot of seagulls around, but this has never happened before as far as we are aware.

'The bird just happened to be in the right place at the right time, and was captured on Event Image’s photo finish.'



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