The funny anecdote of toilet brake in a cricket match in India, when the England bowler went out of the field while bowling

In international cricket, usually a batsman, going to the toilet between the game, has no record of stopping the game, but the truth is that not only the fielder or bowler, many times the batsmen and umpires have also been seen running for the toilet. In Lord’s that day, one of the special reasons for Jadeja’s toilet was in a hurry was that there was a cold and the session of the post -lunch game on it was longer. This long session increased his trouble.

In fact, looking at the score (India’s 9th wicket fell for 147 runs), in the hope of quickly finishing the game, the umpires extended the commencement of T Interval 30 minutes. If the tea break was on time, it would probably not have to go out of the ground for Ravindra Jadeja’s toilet break. He was so desperate to go to the toilet that he could not even wait for the tea break, although the T break was not far away. He took the toilet break as soon as he was over of the 68th over and when he returned, the 69th over started. After 70 overs, the tea breaks.

When all this happened, the match was in a very tense position. Stokes did not stop Jadeja from going to the dressing room, but it was clearly visible that Stokes did not like all this. There were only a few minutes left for T Interval, so he did not like Jadeja’s haste. The same happened and after Jadeja returned, two more overs played in which India did not let their last wicket fall.

Now the question is, can a batsman bat in a cricket match and take a toilet break? Australian opener Matthew Renshaw’s 2017 is a great example in the case, going out of the ground due to stomach upset against India in Pune during a Test match against India. They could not stop going to the toilet. The common method about a batsman is that they can leave the ground for toilet brakes during the fixed break. Matt Renshaw’s stomach was poor and during the game, he went out of the ground as a retired heart in the same trouble from the ground. Later, during the press conference, he said very clearly, “When you want to go to the toilet, you have to go to the toilet.”

When there is an emergency to go to the toilet, one can go out of the ground with the consent of the batsman, umpire and the captain of the other team. For this, the option of taking drinks break early is also written in cricket law. In the 2003 World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar played a brilliant innings of 97 runs by placing toilet paper in his underwear due to stomach upset in the 2003 World Cup. He then used drinks brakes to go to the toilet. There are many examples where the players or umpire left the game due to stomach upset.

When this discussion is going on, there should be a mention of a big funny story related to England fast bowler Alph Gover. He played many years with Surrey County but his Test career remained short due to the second world war. Played just 4 Tests. After that he became a famous fast bowling coach and ran a coaching school for many years. In the 20 -year First Class Cricket Career, he took 1555 wickets at an average of just 23.63.

Now come to that story. In the 1937–38 season, a team of 15 English cricketers came on a tour of India, as Lord Tennison XI. This team played 15 first class matches, 5 against India XI and 9 other matches. One match was in Indore. During this match, there was an incident that led to a funny anecdote of ‘After Dinner Speech’ for the next several years. The story is written in Fred Truman and Frank Hardy’s 1978 book ‘You Nearly Had Him that Time’.

At that time, a lot has been written about the deficiencies in the food arrangements in India and due to this, due to the stomach disturbances. Cricketers also wrote a lot in their books. There are many examples of English players’ stomach upset. During this match played in Indore, the strange thing happened that the Gover started its run-up towards the wicket at the beginning of the over. They ran away and did not throw the ball and ran away. Surprising everyone, kept running, crossing the umpire, crossing the pitch throughout the length. Even then kept running. Now also crossed the batsman who was waiting for the ball to play. The slip cordon then crossed and disappeared in the running pavilion.

No one came to know what happened? In the Emergency, whenever a player from the fielding team leaves the ground, a substitute takes his place and thus the game continues. The game stopped due to the departure of the gover here. It happened that captain Lord Tennison could not ask a new bowler to start the over because the ball was not available. Where did the ball go? No one knew where the ball was? A few minutes later, he realized that he had forgotten leaving the gover ball while running to go to the toilet.

Now there was only one way left. The captain himself went to the dressing room and made a voice to the gover- ‘Where are you?’

‘Captain, I am here!’ The sound of the gover came from inside the toilet.

‘Where is the ball?’ Now the captain shouted.

Then the Gover realized that he had taken the ball with him. Subsequently, the gover, thrown the ball from the top of the toilet door.

Now when the captain came out of the pavilion, he had a ball in his hand which was no less than a big award.