5 Lesser known Bowl Out events in cricket

1. Lancashire vs Somerset in 2009

Lancashire got a chance to host the quarter-final match in the 2009 T20 Cup after topping the North Group with eight victories out of the ten matches. Somerset, who finished at 3rd position in Midlands/Wales ground, toured Manchester to face the hosts at the Old Trafford. The game was scheduled to be played on July 28th but no play was possible on the reserve day as well. ECB allowed an extra day to get through the match due to poor weather forecast on the reserve day.

As no play was possible on second reserve day as well, the match officials had to arrange a bowl out. The thunderstorm didn’t let the venue suitable to be for a bowl out as well. Hence, the umpires decided to host the bowl out in Lancashire’s indoor school to eliminate one of the two teams. Steven Cheetham was the only player to strike the stumps for Lancashire as VVS Laxman, Stephen Parry and skipper Mark Chilton missed both their attempts for the hosts.

Peter Trego, Charl Willoughby and Ben Phillips struck once each while Alfonso Thomas was successful at his both attempts. As a result, Somerset won the bowl out by 5-1 margin with the requirement of the 5th bowler. Laxman spent about four months with Lancashire during the 2009 domestic season as an overseas player for the county and played all formats. Somerset turned up in the final where they lost to Sussex by a big margin of 63 runs.