Friends became 'enemy'... unlucky batsman, strange catch out happened, umpire-bowler all surprised

New Delhi: New Zealand is currently on a tour of England (New Zealand tour of England). Where the three test match series is going on. The hosts have already won the series by winning the first two matches. Now Kiwi team is playing to save honor in Leeds. Batting after winning the toss, the New Zealand team scored 225/5 at stumps on the first day. During this a strange incident also happened.

Got a wicket instead of a boundary
Henry Nicholls, who came to bat at number five, hit a hard shot on the ball of spinner Jack Leach. The ball hit the bat of English batsman Darryl Mitchell standing at the non-strike end and changed its course and went somewhere else. Seeing the ball coming towards him, Alex Les, standing at mid-off, did not make any mistake in taking the catch.

Nicholas returned in despair
The full video has been posted on the official Twitter handle of the England Cricket Board. Anyone can hold their forehead by watching the video. At that time no one understood anything. Bowler Leach himself seemed surprised. Captain Ben Stokes also could not believe that the ball which was going for the boundary, got the wicket on it. The umpires were also stunned. Nicholas had no choice but to return with his head bowed.

Will be expected to return on the second day
The start of the third Test for New Zealand was not good. Opener Tom Latham was dismissed in the very first over. Will Young also could not score big. Kane Williamson, who was looking in good rhythm, was also dismissed after scoring 31 runs. When Nicholls got out, it was the fifth blow for the team. But after that the Kiwis made a good partnership. Daryl Mitchell (78) and Tom Blundell (45) have an unbeaten partnership of 102 runs.

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