Fire broke out in the field during live cricket match in Australia, umpire had to stop the match midway

Cricket News Desk. These days Big Bash League is being organized in Australia. Apart from Australia, many players from all over the world are participating in this league. On 16 January, the 36th match of the tournament was played between Hobart Hurricanes and Brisbane Heat. However, a fire broke out on the field during the match, due to which the game was stopped for some time. The video of this entire incident is going viral on social media.

Fire broke out during live match
The match between Hobart and Brisbane was being played in the heat. During the second innings, when the Hobart team came out to chase the target, a fire broke out in the field even before the start of the fifth over. Before the fire engulfs anyone. This was immediately controlled. Seeing the fire, the employees immediately took action and extinguished the fire. However, seeing the fire, the umpire stopped the match for some time. During this time the players also appeared scared. There was an atmosphere of chaos among the fans for some time.

Play was delayed at The Gabba when a fire broke out in the stands. #BBL14 pic.twitter.com/v2J2OktfuF

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 16, 2025

The situation of the match was like this.
Batting first in this match, Brisbane made a huge score of 201 runs in 20 overs. Marnus Labuschagne scored the most runs for the team. He played an innings of 77 runs in 44 balls. Apart from this, Tom Alsop scored 39 runs. However, the bat of Brisbane captain Usman Khawaja did not work. He was out after scoring 23 runs on 9 balls. Chasing the target, Hobart achieved the target by losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Caleb Jewell scored 76 runs in 49 balls for Hobart. Apart from this, Nikhil Chaudhary scored 39 runs on 27 balls.