Cricket world loses it as 'crazy scenes' leaves viewers in disbelief

The Hobart Hurricanes have posted their second win of the WBBL season after a victory over Sydney Thunder on Tuesday night punctuated by a bizarre bird attack.

Opener Lizelle Lee top scored with 41 to help the Hurricanes secure a comfortable 49-run win over the Thunder in Blacktown.

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Crazy scenes unfolded before the match had even gotten underway, with Thunder players forced to take cover after being targeted by a pair of territorial birds.

With the Sydney players taking their positions in the field, two plovers began aggressively swooping a number of the women, seemingly protecting their young chicks.

The territorial mother and father plovers had some players jumping to the ground in terror, while others huddled together as the birds flew right at them.

“I can see that a few players are actually hitting the deck at the moment,” Thunder official Alex Blackwell said in commentary.

“A mum and dad plover, it looks like they’re protecting the chicks.

“The plovers are quite territorial and they lay their nest randomly out on the outfield.

“You’d expect a nest to be somewhere more protected but looks like the nest has been placed at short cover.”

Laughter could be heard amongst the loud screams from the Thunder side as the terrified players starred in their own real-life version of Alfred Hitchock's horror classic, The Birds.

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“They’re trying to stamp their authority aren’t they these plovers, with the two chicks,” Blackwell added.

“I actually remember a day-night Test match where Elysse Perry got a 200.

“What kept us entertained was there was a plover at North Sydney Oval, so it’s not just at Blacktown, they can occur anywhere around Sydney.”

When play did eventually get underway, it was Lee's classy knock that helped the Hurricanes reach a respectable 7-141 off their 20 overs.

The Thunder's Sammy-Jo Johnson was the pick of the home side's bowlers, taking figures of 3-34.

Australian hopeful Phoebe Litchfield made 28 for the Thunder before Molly Strano claimed the prized wicket of the opener.

That was as good as it got for the Thunder as Hayley Jensen, Heather Graham and Maisy Gibson took two wickets apiece to bowl the home side out for 95 runs in 18.1 overs.

The loss leaves the Thunder winless from their first three games.

Brisbane Heat openers into record books

Elsewhere, Brisbane Heat openers Georgia Redmayne and Grace Harris set a franchise-record opening stand to set up a 21-run win against the Melbourne Renegades.

Redmayne (98no off 67 balls) and Harris (65 off 50) combined for a stunning 165-run stand in Mackay that featured scintillating shots all around the ground and slick running between wickets.

The Heat made 1-180 batting first and the Renegades responded with 6-159.

The Redmayne-Harris partnership was the highest for any wicket in the Heat's history and the third-best in WBBL history.

Harris returned after missing their win over the Melbourne Stars on Saturday because of knee soreness.

The Heat have a strong record against the Renegades and their 180 total was the fourth best in their history, with three of those coming against their Melbourne opponents.

"It was really nice to be back out there with Grace, my batting 'besty' ... we got going towards that middle period and could capitalise on some of their loose bowling," Redmayne said.

"We weren't sure what the record was, but that's pretty cool."

with AAP

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