How short is the border? The fast bowler goes over the keeper’s head for a six

A bizarre incident in Canada’s Super60 franchise league went viral on Sunday. Fast bowler Ali Khan, playing in the semi-finals of the tournament, bowled a bouncer against the Masters’ Kieron Pollard.

The ball, which Khan dug a little short, flew over the keeper’s head and ended up over the boundary line for a six.

Just as fans started celebrating the bizarre six, they realized it wasn’t a six at all.

Pollard had no contact with the ball which meant no runs could be credited to him or recorded as a six. The umpires instead called the play and added four runs to get the ball to the boundary, giving the Toronto Sixers a total of five runs from the delivery.

HOW SHORT ARE THE BOUNDARIES?

It was a bizarre sequence, but one that also highlighted how short the boundaries are in the 10-over franchise league. Khan’s bouncer Pollard didn’t hit. It simply bounced short, cleared the keeper and had enough distance to clear the boundary rope.

A delivery that would normally be expected to trouble the batter ended up producing a boundary without the batter ever touching it.

The unusual five-round game came during the Toronto Sixers semi-final against the Mississauga Masters, with Pollard’s team eventually completing a 9-round victory to secure a spot in the finals.

Toronto scored 130 runs from their 10 overs before restricting Masters to 121 for 7. Their bowlers kept the chase in check for most of the innings, with most conceding less than 12 runs.

Mississauga needed 18 runs from the final out but Abdul-Raheem Toppin conceded just eight and dismissed the dangerous Azam Khan to seal the game.

Toronto was guaranteed a place in the finals. But it was Khan’s bouncer, which appeared to receive a six before it was officially rated a five, that provided the strangest moment of the semi-final.

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