.AnrichNortje02 “reward” for an all-time withering spell of pace bowling was to be decked by spider cam at the MCG. 7Cricket 7NEWS
Anrich Nortje’s “reward” for an all-time withering spell of pace bowling was to be decked by spider cam at the MCG.
Nortje was lucky not to suffer serious injury on Tuesday afternoon when the wire-guided camera, which hovers above the players, went too low and collected the paceman from behind as he was fielding.Watch, Stream & Catch Up with Australia's Home of Cricket onHe is being monitored for soreness in his left shoulder and elbow, which took the impact as Nortje was knocked to the ground on day two of the Boxing Day Test.
Spider cam was not used for the rest of the day and its operators spoke to the South Africans, with the incident blamed on human error.Anrich Nortje is sent sprawling after being hit by spider cam on Tuesday at the MCG. “I didn’t know what hit me. The one thing we’ve spoken about earlier is how low it is,” Nortje said.But the incident hasn’t affected Nortje’s sense of humour.The bizarre incident happened moments after Nortje’s awesome post-lunch exhibition of pace bowling.
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