A bizarre incident during the opening T20 match between Australia and India possibly saved Aussie Glenn Maxwell's wicket.
Off the final ball of the 16th over at Brisbane's Gabba, Maxwell skewed a slog off Indian spinner Krunal Pandya, which went straight up into the air and hit the Fox Sports 'spidercam'.
The ball plummeted to the ground inside the 30-year circle, luckily avoiding the players on the field.
The on-field umpire rightly ruled a dead ball, meaning it had to be re-bowled.
The 30-year-old could count himself lucky, given the arc of the ball - he may have been caught out, if the ball didn't hit the camera.
According to the ICC's laws, if a ball strikes a camera or any of its peripheral equipment, it should be deemed a dead ball.
A spidercam is a camera suspended from four wires - one in each corner of the ground - to follow the action. The camera can also be hoisted high to give viewers a birds' eye view.
Maxwell (46) ended up top-scoring for Australia and they finished their innings on 158/4, as rain reduced the game to just 17 overs per side.
Under the Duckworth-Lewis system, India needed 174 for victory and they fell four runs short, as Australia drew first blood in the best-of-three series.
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