5 Instances where a Cricket match was stopped for weird reasons

#1 Nathan Lyon burns a toast

Lyon once infamously burnt a toast

New South Wales were clashing swords with Queensland in the 2017-18 Sheffield Shield at Brisbane. With 18 runs needed by the former for victory, play was brought to a halt due to a spectacular reason.

The fire alarm in the stadium had gone off and the fire trucks had promptly arrived to diffuse the situation. Little did they know though, that the alarm had been set off due to a burnt toast.

The culprit was Nathan Lyon as he over-cooked his toast a touch and the smoke caused the fire alarms to go off. Play was halted for a good 30 minutes and was only started after the authorities gave it the go-ahead.

Lyon has had several batsmen on toast with his bowling. Yet, in the kitchen, he failed to cook the toast to perfection and eventually ensured that play was stopped for an extremely awkward reason.

Hope Lyon doesn’t venture too much into the kitchen in the near future!