Ugly scene as thief fan breaks cricket code, gets taken down
An over eager fan went too far with an act after the Sheffield Shield Final, but he was quickly found out for breaking a cricket code.
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An over eager cricket fan found out the hard way it’s not a good idea to commit a cricketing cardinal sin in the wild celebrations following South Australia’s drought breaking Sheffield Shield win.
Inspired by second-innings centuries from Jason Sangha and Alex Carey, South Australia has won the Sheffield Shield title for the first time in 29 years with a four-wicket victory over Queensland in the final at Karen Rolton Oval.
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Needing 270 to win the decider at the start of day four on Saturday, SA slumped to 3-28 to give the Bulls real hope of completing a remarkable comeback victory after being dismissed for just 95 in their first innings.
However, that was to be end of Queensland’s joy, with Sangha (126 not out) and Carey (105) sharing in a superb fourth-wicket partnership of 202 that blunted the Bulls.
Despite the subsequent loss of two more wickets – Jake Lehmann (8) and Liam Scott (0) – SA secured victory in the 70th over.
Fittingly, it was Sangha who scored the winning run through mid-wicket, leading to delighted fans storming on to the oval to celebrate SA’s first Shield crown since 1996.
Footage of the celebrations shows a man sprinting out to the pitch in the middle of Karen Rolton Oval and pulling a stump out of the ground.
It was a bold act that goes against the cricket code where players can choose to keep a stump as a souvenir from a match of significance.
Footage showed ground staff chasing the rogue fan and he was eventually apprehended by security staff back on the other side of the boundary fence, with one security guard getting him in a headlock and removing the stump from his grasp.
Cricket fans couldn’t believe their eyes as the fan attempted the stump heist.
“Old mate in the blue and white shirt steals the stump after South Australia. Absolute scenes at KRO,” one person wrote on social media.
Another said: “The bloke stealing the stump then legging it is a good highlight!!!”
Hopefully Jason Sangha managed to get a stump for himself, given his century capped a season that has turned the former New South Welshman’s career around at the age of 25.
Sangha and Carey were understated throughout their innings and neither batter celebrated when they reached triple figures, opting not to remove their helmets as they focused on getting South Australia across the line.
Jason Gillespie said in commentary: “What an innings Alex Carey, absolutely brilliant.
“That was quite a low key celebration. Alex Carey and Jason Sangha, they didn’t embrace, there was a bit of a glove punch. Win the game.”
Commentator Henry Olonga said: “Alex Carey was just like, I’m here for business let’s get on with the game.”
There were wild scenes as a packed crowd at Karen Rolton Oval flooded onto the field as Sangha hit the winning runs, and you could easily have been mistaken for thinking an AFL player had kicked 1000 goals, such were the jubilant scenes.
The win also completed a domestic 2024-25 double for SA, who also lifted the season’s One-Day Cup.
Originally published as Ugly scene as thief fan breaks cricket code, gets taken down
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