There was a time when cricket used to be known as the ‘Gentleman’s Game’. As the time passed, and with the involvement of technology, both the technique and style of playing cricket has changed drastically.

Modern day cricketers use a number of new, experimental ways to upset the opponents rhythm and destroy them. Particularly, this has changed with the start of T20 cricket, modern cricket is getting faster day by day. It doesn’t allow the players to stick to textbook shots and catches.

You might have seen many bizarre runouts but the below one is more interesting. Neil Wagner, a New Zealand cricketer brought into notice a relatively unsought after the clash of the Plunket Shield match against Canterbury with a silly run-out. The incident occurred during the first day of the match being hosted at Christchurch on Monday, October 23.

Neil Wagner delivered a short-pitch delivery to Tim Johnston, the batsman could only resist the ball down the ground to safety. As the ball was in the vicinity of the batsman, he tried to offer some help to the bowler by trying to reach for it out of the crease.

At that point of time, Neil Wagner was cunning and he found it as an opportunity to dismiss the batsman who was out of his crease. Wagner then dislodged the bails with his throw. After a gaze to the umpire, Johnston embarrassingly moved towards the pavilion.

Watch The Video Here:

Cheeky stuff from Neil Wagner. pic.twitter.com/xQ6fbJgPQs

— Divya Reddy (@Kohlicious_) October 24, 2017

The Kiwis forever have been known for playing within the spirit of the game and such run outs may fall within the realms of ‘cheating’ as from the video evidence, it is clear that the batsman was offering help to the bowler in the run-up.

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