
Josh Hazlewood had just taken the 4th West Indian wicket in the 33rd over with score reading 124/4 when a dog happily sauntered onto the field, and parked itself at deep cover.
Actually, Pat Cummins and Hazlewood bowling at that point had attempted warily to shoo it away, even as experts noted that it was very unprofessional of him to walk in like that, to disturb a Test match and make it look like a club game.
A brief intrusion by a furry friend 😅
WI 124/4 (33) #WIvAUS | #FullAhEnergy pic.twitter.com/mZpN0PcGnS
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) July 4, 2025
Nevertheless, with the hapless star cricketers unable to drive him out, broadcasters stepped in, using a drone to chase after it. The hovering drone coming after it, and chattering away scared the hell out of the poor dog and it finally left the field.
The West Indies board account tweeted it was just a furry friend dropping in. He proved lucky as well as Windies stitched their longest partnership between Brandon King and Shai Hope for 58 runs. West Indies reached 253 in response to Australia’s 286 in first innings.
Hazlewood, still bemused after the dog delay, bowled to Brandon King who crunched him for a six over square leg two balls later. He had started upbeat getting the breakthrough after lunch in the form of skipper Roston Chase hitting him on the front pad, as Cummins had pressed for a review on the Nelson score.
But it can safely be said that West Indies has invented drone tech to shoo away dogs who stumble into cricket, and pay no heed to Messrs Cummins, Hazlewood beseeching them to go away.
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