Send this to someone who'd try this at winter nets

Ridiculous that you’re not allowed to leather these to the fence

this reminds me of driving through a city

Dead ball

Should be four. I remember Jonathan Trott doing that in a Test match.

I can't remember but I think the law is that if the ball just slips out of the hand in the run up it's a dead ball, but if it comes out like that when the bowler bowls it overarm, it can be given no ball and hit. But that would make this one quite ambiguous

Who's the batsman??

similar thing had happened at delhi, ferozshal kotla, during australia tour of india in 69-70. venkatraghavan was the bowler, the ball slipped out of his hand. stackpol was at strike, bill lawry, the non striker... asked stackpole to hit the ball which he did and it was a 4

Farewell Vitality County Championship we hardly knew ye.

Why is that not four - and a no ball? When did that law change??

Looks to have come out before he reached the delivery stride. I think because of that it should be a dead ball. If the ball came out funny and did that as his arm came over to deliver it then I think it's live and the batsman can smash it like that.

@chrisfirth10