Xtra Time Web Desk: England pacer Craig Overton tried to ‘mankad’ during a county cricket match between Warwickshire and Somerset. A wicket less Overton tried to express his frustration by running out the non striker on Day 1 of the Division 1 Country cricket match on Tuesday. During the entire day, the right arm pacer bowled 22 overs without getting a single wicket.
The incident took place in the 85th over of the day, Overton tried to run out Warwickshire’s Matthew Lamb who was at the non-striker end in a controversial fashion. But then Somerset skipper Tom Abell did not proceed with the appeal.
Craig Overton played a very crucial role during the Headingley test against India, helping England draw level the test series. The tall fast bowler has played 6 Tests and 4 ODIs so far for England. While he has picked 17 wickets in the longer format, he has also grabbed 4 wickets in the ODI format of the game. In first class cricket Overton However, Overton has bagged 367 wickets in 104 matches at an excellent average of 23.23.