Barton Town Under-15 player Lewis Barnes had everyone in stitches during yesterday's North Lindsey League division two encounter at Haxey, when he tried an outrageous shot against the home side's overseas star 'Chin' Perera.
As the game meandered to a convincing Haxey victory, the Isle of Axholme villagers brought on 'Chin', the renowned Sri Lankan paceman (who has first class experience), bowling off-spin from a two-pace run-up.
Having negotiated an over comfortably enough, the Barton boy decided to go down on one knee and paddle-sweep 'Chin' - using a shot you often see played in Twenty20 internationals, but very, very rarely in North Lincs club cricket.
The good news was the batsman got decent contact on the ball; the bad news was it looped straight to the short fine-leg fielder, who held an easy catch.
Quite an ovation greeted the batsman's return to the pavilion, while 'Chin' grinned broadly from ear to ear!
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