The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League has launched an investigation into serious allegations of cheating after a Saltburn player was accused of simulating a caught-behind dismissal by clicking his fingers.
A video which has gone viral on social media appears to show the fielder making the sound with his fingers as the ball passed Norton batter Noman Shabir’s bat, moments before wicketkeeper Josh Bowes completed the catch behind the stumps.
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Shabir was left visibly distraught by the umpire’s decision after being given out as he tried to point out that the sound made as the ball passed the bat came
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