Watch: One-Day Cup Match lands in Unreal confusion after the match ball lands in Leicestershire kit

The One-Day Cup match between Somerset and Leicestershire saw a moment of real confusion that led to smiles in the end in both camps competing.

The match was finally won by Somerset by 23 runs but not before the high-scoring encounter saw plenty of big hits and some real moments of confusion.

Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field first. The decision did not turn out to be wise in the end as they lost the match. Batting first. Somerset piled up 334/5 with all-rounder Lewis Goldsworthy scoring an unbeaten 115 off 86 balls. His knock included six fours and five sixes. Along with him, keeper-batter James Rew scored 71 off 57 balls hitting 10 fours. Together they added a 131-run stand.

Meanwhile, during his unbeaten knock of 115, Goldsworthy was severe on the attack, especially against Ian Holland the all-rounder. He went for 59 runs off his 10 overs and it was while he was bowling that the Somerset all-rounder hit him for a big six over the square leg area. The ball found its way to the Leicestershire's training kit.

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Watch: Confusion In Somerset vs Leicestershire One-Day Cup Match

Have you ever seen anything like this?

Lewis Goldsworthy hit a six into Leicestershire's training kit.

Cue mass confusion of where the ball is, and which ball is the correct one. pic.twitter.com/bRDzZ6N0Li

— Metro Bank One Day Cup (@onedaycup) August 18, 2024

It was a comedy of errors for a while as the support staff near the Leicester dug out and the fielders failed to identify the correct ball. Ajinkya Rahane who was fielding near the boundary line failed to get to the ball. However, he along with the support staff took some time to find the ball. There were four to five kits placed near the dugout out and the ball went into one of those.

The ball was finally retrieved from one of the green kits placed there. Rahane then handed over the ball to the on-field umpires who then checked the ball properly and gave the correct ball to the bowling team. The confusion meant that play was on hold for a while with all the confusion around.

During Leicestershire's chase, they fell well short of the target in the end. They needed 335 to win and they ended up scoring 311/9. The valiant 111 from Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Peter Handscomb went in vain. OPeners Ian Holland (40) and Sol Budinger (33) added 54 for the first wicket. Ben Cox batting at number six scored a valiant 49 off 55 balls.

The Somerset bowlers were able to keep the asking rate high in this high-scoring encounter. Five of the seven bowlers used by Somerset picked up wickets with right-arm pacer Ben Green picking up three. It was Somerset's sixth win in 8 games while the second loss for Leicester in as many games.

Thus Somerset won the first semi-final with Glamorgan winning the second semi-final against Warwickshire. The final will now be played between Somerset and Glamorgan in the One-Day Cup at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on September 22, Sunday.

Both teams will have enough time to look back on their campaign and prepare themselves for the title match. Meanwhile, the confusion in searching for the correct ball was one of the talking points in the game.

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