Kiwi run out with whole body completely past the crease

New Zealand bowler Neil Wagner has been run out in the most bizarre fashion during his side's Test match against Bangladesh.

Unfortunately for the 30-year-old, he pushed his bat into the ground, rather than sliding it, as he came through for his second run.

To make matters even worse he then lifted his bat as he effectively jumped across the crease, not touching his feet down until he was well past the stumps.

In other words - he was at least 1.22m past the crease when he finally got his foot down.

Meanwhile, Bangladeshi keeper Nurul Hasan performed an unbelievable flick of the ball onto the stumps, just before Wagner's foot finally landed.

"The most unlikely thing I've seen for a long time," Kiwi commentator Ian Smith said as he realised the fate of Wagner.

Wagner would have been safe if either of his feet had touched inside the crease.

This set of circumstances made Wagner's run out one of the most incredible you'll ever see.

According to Law 29 (batsman out of his ground), "(a) batsman shall be considered to be out of his ground unless his bat or some part of his person is grounded behind the popping crease at that end."

In October 2010, the MCC changed the Law to allow batsmen to be safe as soon as a foot touches down inside the crease.

The adaptation to the rule states that, "if a running batsman, having grounded some part of his foot behind the popping crease, continues running further towards the wicket at that end and beyond, then any subsequent total loss of contact with the ground of both his person and his bat during his continuing forward momentum shall not be interpreted as being out of his ground."

Watch the incident in the video above.

New Zealand were bowled out with a lead of 65 in the Christchurch Test.

It's not the only ridiculous run out we've seen in recent times - Ben Stokes was run out by Mitchell Johnson in extremely similar circumstances.