Big Bash cricketer James Vince is renowned for his powerful hitting at the crease - and it was brutally evident on Thursday night at the MCG. The English import for the Sydney Sixers plundered a shot back past Melbourne Stars paceman Joel Paris - and unfortunately a seagull got in the way at the worst possible time.
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In distressing scenes, the rock hard white cricket ball bounced off the bird and over the boundary rope as spectators watched on stunned. A security guard was then seen taking the seagull away. 'Oh no, oh no. We've been talking about it all night. Gilly [Australian cricket legend Adam Gilchrist] you said something would happen,' Mark Howard said in commentary for Fox Cricket.
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'Hopefully S Gull is OK.'. Englishman Ben Duckett was mic'd up at the time for Fox Cricket and was fielding just metres from the incident. 'He didn't look in a good way there,' Duckett told viewers. 'I think he's dead...it didn't look too nice, it actually hit him so hard.'.
![[Glenn Maxwell earlier showed his class for the hosts, belting a game-high unbeaten 58 while also taking two important catches]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/04/93944489-14269199-Glenn_Maxwell_earlier_showed_his_class_for_the_hosts_belting_a_g-a-141_1736482459012.jpg)
Big Bash cricketer James Vince is renowned for his powerful hitting when at the crease for the Sydney Sixers - and it was brutally evident on Thursday night at the MCG. The English import plundered a shot back past Melbourne Stars paceman Joel Paris - and unfortunately a seagull (pictured) got in the way.
A forlorn looking security guard was then seen taking the seagull away (pictured). Glenn Maxwell earlier showed his class for the hosts, belting a game-high unbeaten 58 while also taking two important catches. Seagulls interrupting BBL games is nothing new at the MCG - in 2015, one was struck by a ball smashed by Perth Scorchers star Adam Voges in a match against the Stars - but after being assisted from the field, appeared to make a full recovery.
